# mountain

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmaʊn.tɪn/ · frequency rank #1,910

## Definitions
1. An elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, forming a conspicuous figure in the landscape, usually having a small extent of surface at its summit.
2. Something very large in size or quantity; a huge amount; a great heap.
3. A difficult task or challenge.
4. Wine from Malaga made from grapes that grow on a mountain.
5. A woman's large breast.
6. The twenty-first Lenormand card.

## Etymology
From Middle English mountayne, mountain, montaigne, from Anglo-Norman muntaine, muntaigne, from Early Medieval Latin montānia, a collective based on Latin montem (“mountain”), from Proto-Indo-European *monti (compare Welsh mynydd (“mountain”), Albanian mat (“bank, shore”), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬙𐬌 (mati, “promontory”)), from *men- (“to project, stick out”). Displaced native Old English beorg and dūn, and partially displaced non-native Old English munt, from Latin mōns (whence English mount).

## Easily confused with
- **mounting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mountain-vs-mounting)
- **mountains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mountain-vs-mountains)
- **maintain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maintain-vs-mountain)

## Common misspellings (11)
`mmountain`, `monutain`, `mounatin`, `mounntain`, `mountainn`, `mountani`, `mountian`, `mounttain`, `moutnain`, `muontain`, `omuntain`

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