# mong

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmʌŋ/ · frequency rank #29,386

## Definitions
1. A mingling, mixture, or crowd.
2. A muddle or confusion.

## Etymology
From Middle English mong, monge, mang, from Old English ġemong, ġemang (“a mixture, mingling, throng, crowd, company”) (whence Modern English among), from Proto-Germanic *mangą (“mix”). Compare Proto-West Germanic *mangijan (“to knead, mix”).

## Easily confused with
- **mug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mong-vs-mug)
- **MoS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mong-vs-mos)
- **mop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mong-vs-mop)
- **MOR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mong-vs-mor)
- **MSG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mong-vs-msg)
- **moo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mong-vs-moo)
- **mou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mong-vs-mou)
- **mot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mong-vs-mot)
- **mow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mong-vs-mow)
- **mpg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mong-vs-mpg)
- **mun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mong-vs-mun)
- **MSN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mong-vs-msn)
- **Moz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mong-vs-moz)
- **more** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mong-vs-more)
- **most** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mong-vs-most)
- **move** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mong-vs-move)
- **moon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mong-vs-moon)
- **mood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mong-vs-mood)
- **monk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mong-vs-monk)
- **moss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mong-vs-moss)

## Common misspellings (6)
`mmong`, `mnog`, `mogn`, `mongg`, `monng`, `omng`

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