open one's mouth
"open-one-s-mouth" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“open one's mouth” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - to speak
Corpus desk
Index EN-open-one-s-mouth · open one's mouth · English
open one's mouth · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | open one's mouth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “open one's mouth” in English
Rare enough to double-check
open one's mouth is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "to speak".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for open one's mouth, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is open one's mouth, spelled O-P-E-N- -O-N-E-'-S- -M-O-U-T-H.
Definition
- 1to speak
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how open one's mouth appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I advise you: don't open your mouth at the dinner.
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.