muttonmonger

noun

"muttonmonger" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“muttonmonger” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A pimp.

Corpus desk

Index EN-muttonmonger · muttonmonger · English

muttonmonger · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for muttonmonger
PropertyValue
Headwordmuttonmonger
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “muttonmonger” in English

muttonmongerranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

muttonmonger is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

muttonmonger doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From mutton + monger. The correct English form is muttonmonger, spelled M-U-T-T-O-N-M-O-N-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A pimp.
  2. 2
    A frequent customer of prostitutes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how muttonmonger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. As arrant a smell-smock, for an old muttonmonger as thyself.

Etymology

From mutton + monger.

Synonyms

fleshmongerwhoremongerwhoremongerprostitute's clientpromiscuous man

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "muttonmonger"?
"muttonmonger" is spelled M-U-T-T-O-N-M-O-N-G-E-R.
What does "muttonmonger" mean?
As a noun, "muttonmonger" means: A pimp.
What is the origin of the word "muttonmonger"?
From mutton + monger. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list