# mutton

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmʌt(ə)n/ · frequency rank #28,634

## Definitions
1. The meat of sheep used as food; especially, that of adults.
2. The meat of a goat, urial, or other caprine.
3. A sheep.
4. Em, a unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.
5. A prostitute.
6. An old Anglo-French gold coin impressed with the image of a lamb.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **mutt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mutt-vs-mutton)
- **motto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/motto-vs-mutton)
- **motion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/motion-vs-mutton)
- **Milton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milton-vs-mutton)
- **Morton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morton-vs-mutton)
- **Merton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merton-vs-mutton)
- **matron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/matron-vs-mutton)
- **melton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melton-vs-mutton)
- **mutter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mutter-vs-mutton)
- **Moulton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moulton-vs-mutton)
- **mutation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mutation-vs-mutton)

## Common misspellings (7)
`mmutton`, `mtuton`, `muton`, `mutotn`, `muttno`, `muttonn`, `umtton`

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