# mutter

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmʌtə/ · frequency rank #38,512

## Definitions
1. A repressed or obscure utterance; an instance of muttering.

## Etymology
From Middle English muteren, moteren, of imitative origin.
Compare Low German mustern, musseln (“to whisper”), German muttern (“to mutter; whisper”), Old Norse muðla (“to murmur”). Compare also Latin muttīre, mutīre.

## Easily confused with
- **mutton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mutter-vs-mutton)
- **muttered** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mutter-vs-muttered)
- **mute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mute-vs-mutter)
- **mutt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mutt-vs-mutter)
- **meter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meter-vs-mutter)
- **matte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/matte-vs-mutter)
- **mater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mater-vs-mutter)
- **muted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muted-vs-mutter)
- **matter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/matter-vs-mutter)
- **mother** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mother-vs-mutter)
- **master** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/master-vs-mutter)
- **murder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/murder-vs-mutter)
- **mister** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mister-vs-mutter)
- **muster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muster-vs-mutter)
- **muller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muller-vs-mutter)
- **Mulder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mulder-vs-mutter)
- **Mattel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mattel-vs-mutter)
- **matted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/matted-vs-mutter)
- **mutate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mutate-vs-mutter)
- **matters** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/matters-vs-mutter)

## Common misspellings (7)
`mmutter`, `mtuter`, `muter`, `mutetr`, `mutterr`, `muttre`, `umtter`

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