# mutt

> English word · Noun · IPA /mʌt/ · frequency rank #31,665

## Definitions
1. A mongrel dog (or sometimes cat); an animal of mixed breed or uncertain origin.
2. A person of mixed racial or ethnic ancestry.
3. An idiot, a stupid person.
4. A person from the United States, in reference to sense 2.
5. The snowy sheathbill.

## Etymology
Clipping of muttonhead.

## Easily confused with
- **myth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mutt-vs-myth)
- **mutton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mutt-vs-mutton)
- **mutter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mutt-vs-mutter)
- **MT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mt-vs-mutt)
- **mu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mu-vs-mutt)
- **met** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/met-vs-mutt)
- **mum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mum-vs-mutt)
- **MUD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mud-vs-mutt)
- **MTV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mtv-vs-mutt)
- **mat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mat-vs-mutt)
- **mit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mit-vs-mutt)
- **mug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mug-vs-mutt)
- **mot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mot-vs-mutt)
- **mun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mun-vs-mutt)
- **MTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mta-vs-mutt)
- **MST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mst-vs-mutt)
- **MRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mrt-vs-mutt)
- **muh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muh-vs-mutt)
- **MUA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mua-vs-mutt)
- **most** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/most-vs-mutt)

## Common misspellings (4)
`mmutt`, `mtut`, `mut`, `umtt`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mutt