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moon

/mun/noun, verb

moon is spelled M-O-O-N: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 50 times per million words in written English, the 2,041st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, moon means “Any natural satellite of a planet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of moon is moons.

How many letters and syllables are in moon?

Letters4: M-O-O-N
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing50 times per million words; the 2,041st most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with
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 moon?

Moon appears 50 times per million words in written English, the 2,041st 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 moon?

  • UK /muːn/
  • US /mun/
  • /mʉn/

Moon 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-uk-moon.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Back_ache-moon.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-moon.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with moon

Also written: mone.

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

What rhymes with moon?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as moon from its last stressed vowel (/un/):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: mono.

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 moon

  • moons plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • mooning participle, present
  • mooned participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does moon mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    informalAny natural satellite of a planet.

    The stargazer observed the moons of Jupiter for over a year.

  2. 2

    A month, particularly a lunar month.

    They stayed with their aunt and uncle for many moons.

  3. 3

    A representation of the moon, usually as a crescent or as a circle with a face; a crescent-shaped shape, symbol, or object.

    The wizard costume was decorated with stars and moons.

  4. 4

    A crescent-like outwork in a fortification.

    The moons surrounding the city walls were built in the sixteenth century.

  5. 5

    The eighteenth trump/major arcana card of the tarot.

  6. 6

    The thirty-second Lenormand card.

  7. 7

    In hearts, the action of taking all the point cards in one hand.

verb

  1. 1

    colloquialTo display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest.

    The hooligans mooned the riot police.

  2. 2

    colloquialTo gaze at lovingly or in adoration.

  3. 3

    colloquialTo fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone.

    Sarah mooned over Sam's photograph for months.

  4. 4

    To spend time idly, absent-mindedly.

  5. 5

    To expose to the rays of the Moon.

  6. 6

    To adorn with moons or crescents.

  7. 7

    To rise in price rapidly or suddenly. (from to the moon)

    It is impractical if a currency moons and plummets often.

  8. 8

    To shoot the moon.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Moon in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchlune (the natural satellite of planet Earth), mois (month), montrer sa lune (to display one's buttocks to)
GermanMond, mond (the natural satellite of planet Earth), den nackten Hintern zeigen (to display one's buttocks to), Trabant, Satellit (any substantially sized natural satellite of a…)
Portugueselua (the natural satellite of planet Earth), mês (month), satélite (any substantially sized natural satellite of a…)
Spanishluna (the natural satellite of planet Earth), mes (month), hacer un calvo (to display one's buttocks to), satélite (any substantially sized natural satellite of a…)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does moon come from?

From Middle English mone, from Old English mōna (“moon”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô (“moon”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon; month”), probably from *meh₁- (“to measure”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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