mutton
/ˈmʌt(ə)n/noun, adjective
mutton is spelled M-U-T-T-O-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mutton means “The meat of sheep used as food; especially, that of adults” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mutton is muttons.
How many letters and syllables are in mutton?
| Letters | 6: M-U-T-T-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,556th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is mutton?
Mutton appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce mutton?
- US /ˈmʌt(ə)n/
- US [ˈmʌʔn̩]
Mutton has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-mutton.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with mutton?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as mutton from its last stressed vowel (/ʌtn/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of mutton
- muttons plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mutton mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The meat of sheep used as food; especially, that of adults.
- 2
The meat of a goat, urial, or other caprine.
- 3
archaicA sheep.
- 4
slangEm, a unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.
- 5
obsoleteslangA prostitute.
- 6
An old Anglo-French gold coin impressed with the image of a lamb.
adjective
- 1
slangdeaf.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mutton in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the flesh of sheep used as food:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mouton |
| German | Schaffleisch, Hammel, Hammelfleisch, Schöpsenfleisch, Schöpserne |
| Portuguese | carneiro |
| Spanish | cordero |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does mutton come from?
From Middle English motoun, moton, from Old French mouton (“sheep”), from Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos (“ram, wether”). Doublet of mouton.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).