word of mouth
"word-of-mouth" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“word of mouth” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The verbal means of passing on information; viva voce.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | word of mouth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “word of mouth” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
word of mouth is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The verbal means of passing on information; viva voce.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for word of mouth, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is word of mouth, spelled W-O-R-D- -O-F- -M-O-U-T-H.
Definition
- 1The verbal means of passing on information; viva voce.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “word of mouth”
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- The one correct English spelling is W-O-R-D- -O-F- -M-O-U-T-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.