smutch
/smʌt͡ʃ/
"smutch" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“smutch” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To soil, stain or smudge.
Corpus desk
Index EN-smutch · smutch · English
smutch · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | smutch |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /smʌt͡ʃ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “smutch” in English
Rare enough to double-check
smutch is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /smʌt͡ʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To soil, stain or smudge.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for smutch, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Perhaps an alteration of smudge, smatch, or smooch. The correct English form is smutch, spelled S-M-U-T-C-H.
Definition
- 1To soil, stain or smudge.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how smutch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Why, that’s my bawcock. What, hast smutch’d thy nose? They say it is a copy out of mine.
Have you seene but a bright Lilly grow, Before rude hands have touch’d it? Have you mark’d but the fall of Snow, Before the soyle hath smutch’d it?
Etymology
Perhaps an alteration of smudge, smatch, or smooch.
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.