# mob

> English word · Noun · IPA /mɒb/ · frequency rank #6,810

## Definitions
1. A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action.
2. The lower classes of a community; the rabble.
3. A group of animals such as horses or cattle.
4. (collective) A group of kangaroos.
5. (collective) A group of emus.
6. A mafia: a group that engages in organized crime.
7. A group of Aboriginal people associated with an extended family group, clan group or wider community group, from a particular place or country.

## Etymology
From Middle English mob, short for mobile, from Latin mōbile (vulgus) (“fickle (crowd)”).

## Easily confused with
- **my** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mob-vs-my)
- **Mr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mob-vs-mr)
- **MS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mob-vs-ms)
- **MP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mob-vs-mp)
- **MT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mob-vs-mt)
- **mu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mob-vs-mu)
- **MW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mob-vs-mw)
- **MV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mob-vs-mv)
- **Mx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mob-vs-mx)
- **mom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mob-vs-mom)
- **Mrs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mob-vs-mrs)
- **mum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mob-vs-mum)
- **MPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mob-vs-mps)
- **MUD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mob-vs-mud)
- **mph** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mob-vs-mph)
- **mod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mob-vs-mod)
- **MVP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mob-vs-mvp)
- **MTV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mob-vs-mtv)
- **mon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mob-vs-mon)
- **mug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mob-vs-mug)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mob