mithun
noun
mithun is spelled M-I-T-H-U-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Mithun, the name). As a noun, mithun means “Bos frontalis, a Southern Asiatic species of wild cattle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mithun is mithuns.
How many letters and syllables are in mithun?
| Letters | 6: M-I-T-H-U-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 130,282nd 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 mithun?
Mithun appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Mithun, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce mithun?
Mithun has 2 syllables (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).
What rhymes with mithun?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as mithun.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: humint.
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 mithun
- mithuns plural
- mithan
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mithun mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Bos frontalis, a Southern Asiatic species of wild cattle.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mithun come from?
From Assamese মেঠন (methon). Cognate Naga Pidgin methon.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).