mun

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The verdict

“mun” is uncommon German (frequency #61,756 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,756
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Öffnung im unteren Teil des (hauptsächlich menschlichen) Gesichtes, hauptsächlich zur Nahrungsaufnahme und zur Lautbildung genutzt; Mund

Corpus desk

Index DE-mun · mun · German

mun · rank #61,756 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,756
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mulden

Nearest frequency peer: Mulden (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „mun“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „mun“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mun
PropertyValue
Headwordmun
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters3
Frequency rank#61,756
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „mun“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).munfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Mulden“ (#61,755), „Mundstück“ (#61,757), „muc“ (#61,754). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „mun“ bei #61,756. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mun is uncommon German at frequency #61,756 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Öffnung im unteren Teil des (hauptsächlich menschlichen) Gesichtes, hauptsächlich zur Nahrungsaufnahme und zur Lautbildung genutzt; Mund".

Zero misspellings are on record for mun in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is mun, spelled M-U-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Öffnung im unteren Teil des (hauptsächlich menschlichen) Gesichtes, hauptsächlich zur Nahrungsaufnahme und zur Lautbildung genutzt; Mund

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Linnea har alltid någonting i munnen.
  2. Chokladen smälter faktiskt i munnen.

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mun"?
"mun" is spelled M-U-N. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "mun" mean?
As a noun, "mun" means: Öffnung im unteren Teil des (hauptsächlich menschlichen) Gesichtes, hauptsächlich zur Nahrungsaufnahme und zur Lautbildung genutzt; Mund
How do you pronounce "mun"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mun" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mun" come from?
"mun" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

muc#61,754nau#61,770pun#61,849GBP#61,520

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list