# mount

> English word · Noun · IPA /maʊnt/ · frequency rank #3,185

## Definitions
1. A hill or mountain.
2. Any of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand, taken to represent the influences of various heavenly bodies.
3. A bulwark for offence or defence; a mound.
4. A bank; a fund.
5. A green hillock in the base of a shield.

## Etymology
From Middle English mount, munt, from Old English munt, from Latin mōns (“a hill, mountain”), from a root seen also in ēmineō (“to project, to protrude”) (English eminent). Doublet of mons. Not related to mound.

## Easily confused with
- **mun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mount-vs-mun)
- **must** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mount-vs-must)
- **mutt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mount-vs-mutt)
- **muni** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mount-vs-muni)
- **Munn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mount-vs-munn)
- **mouth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mount-vs-mouth)
- **mouse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mount-vs-mouse)
- **mourn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mount-vs-mourn)
- **mounts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mount-vs-mounts)
- **mounted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mount-vs-mounted)
- **mon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mon-vs-mount)
- **mou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mou-vs-mount)
- **mot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mot-vs-mount)
- **most** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/most-vs-mount)
- **moon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moon-vs-mount)
- **monk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monk-vs-mount)
- **mint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mint-vs-mount)
- **mona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mona-vs-mount)
- **mont** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mont-vs-mount)
- **moan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moan-vs-mount)

## Common misspellings (7)
`mmount`, `monut`, `mounnt`, `mountt`, `moutn`, `muont`, `omunt`

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