# mock

> English word · Noun · IPA /mɒk/ · frequency rank #8,960

## Definitions
1. An imitation, usually of lesser quality.
2. Mockery; the act of mocking.
3. Ellipsis of mock examination.
4. A mockup or prototype; particularly, ellipsis of mock object, as used in unit testing.

## Etymology
From Middle English mokken, from Old French mocquer, moquier (“to deride, jeer”), from Middle Dutch mocken (“to mumble”) or Middle Low German mucken (“to grumble, talk with the mouth half-opened”), both from Proto-West Germanic *mokkijan, *mukkijan (“to low, bellow; mumble”), from Proto-Germanic *mukkijaną, *mūhaną (“to low, bellow, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *mūg-, *mūk- (“to low, mumble”).
Cognate with Dutch mokken (“to sulk; pout; mope; grumble”), Old High German firmucken (“to be stupid”), Modern German mucksen (“to utter a word; mumble; grumble”), West Frisian mokke (“to mope; sulk; grumble”), Swedish mucka (“to murmur”), dialectal Dutch mokkel (“kiss”).

## Easily confused with
- **mom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mock-vs-mom)
- **mod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mock-vs-mod)
- **mon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mock-vs-mon)
- **moe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mock-vs-moe)
- **MoS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mock-vs-mos)
- **mop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mock-vs-mop)
- **moi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mock-vs-moi)
- **MOR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mock-vs-mor)
- **mol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mock-vs-mol)
- **moo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mock-vs-moo)
- **mou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mock-vs-mou)
- **mot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mock-vs-mot)
- **mow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mock-vs-mow)
- **MPC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mock-vs-mpc)
- **MRC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mock-vs-mrc)
- **Moz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mock-vs-moz)
- **moh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mock-vs-moh)
- **more** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mock-vs-more)
- **most** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mock-vs-most)
- **much** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mock-vs-much)

## Common misspellings (6)
`mcok`, `mmock`, `mocck`, `mockk`, `mokc`, `omck`

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