maund
/mɔnd/noun
maund is spelled M-A-U-N-D: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, maund means “A wicker basket” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of maund is maunds.
How many letters and syllables are in maund?
| Letters | 5: M-A-U-N-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 145,125th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is maund?
Maund appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce maund?
- UK /mɔːnd/
- US /mɔnd/
- /mɑnd/
Maund has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-maund.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with maund?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as maund (/ɔnd/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: mandu, dunam.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of maund
- maunds plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- mand
- mande
- mawn
- mond
- mun
- man
- maunding participle, present
- maunded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does maund mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A wicker basket.
- 2
A unit of capacity with various specific local values.
- 3
A handbasket with two lids.
- 4
A unit of weight in south and west Asia, whose value varies widely by location.
- 5
archaicBegging.
verb
- 1
archaicTo beg.
- 2
obsoleteTo mutter; to mumble or speak incoherently; to maunder.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Maund in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense unit of mass:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | mane |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does maund come from?
From Middle English maunde, maundie, borrowed from Old French mande, borrowed from Middle Dutch mande, from Old Dutch *manda, from Proto-West Germanic *mandu.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).