mux

noun

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"mux" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“mux” is uncommon English (frequency #94,023 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,023
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dirt, filth or muck.

Corpus desk

Index EN-mux · mux · English

mux · rank #94,023 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,023
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH muthafucka

Nearest frequency peer: muthafucka (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Long-tail ranks near “mux”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “mux” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mux
PropertyValue
Headwordmux
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#94,023
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “mux” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).muxfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “muthafucka” (#94,022), “Musser” (#94,020), “nanga” (#94,028). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “mux” is #94,023. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mux is uncommon English at frequency #94,023 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dirt, filth or muck.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mux, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Compare muck. The correct English form is mux, spelled M-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dirt, filth or muck.

Etymology

Compare muck.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mux"?
"mux" is spelled M-U-X.
What does "mux" mean?
As a noun, "mux" means: Dirt, filth or muck.
What is the origin of the word "mux"?
Compare muck. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mux", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

NTB#94,063LPT#93,936Leb#93,910PTM#94,151

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list