mom
/mɑm/noun, verb
mom is spelled M-O-M: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 132 times per million words in written English, the 792nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mom means “Mother” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mom is moms.
How many letters and syllables are in mom?
| Letters | 3: M-O-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 132 times per million words; the 792nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 mom?
Mom appears 132 times per million words in written English, the 792nd 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 mom?
- UK /mɒm/
- US /mɑm/
- US [mɑ̃m]
Mom 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: En-us-mom.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with mom?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as mom from its last stressed vowel (/ɑm/):
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 mom
- moms plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- mam
- mum UK
- momming participle, present
- mommed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mom mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
CanadaUScolloquialinformalMother.
- 2
CanadaUScolloquialinformalused as a term of address for one's wife
- 3
informalAn adult female owner of a pet.
verb
- 1
CanadaUSinformalTo care for in a motherly way.
noun
- 1
prefix of a female commoner who marries a royal prince.
adjective
- 1
Initialism of month-over-month/month-on-month; compared to the same time period in the previous month.
noun
- 1
Initialism of middle of the market.
noun
- 1
Initialism of message-oriented middleware, hardware or software infrastructure supporting sending and receiving of messages between distributed systems.
- 2
Initialism of motive, opportunity, means (“factors to consider in investigating a crime”).
- 3
Alternative form of MoM.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mom come from?
Clipping of momma.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).