# mourn

> English word · Verb · IPA /mɔɹn/ · frequency rank #16,538

## Definitions
1. To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
2. To utter in a sorrowful manner.
3. To wear mourning.

## Etymology
From Middle English mornen, mournen, from Old English murnan, from Proto-Germanic *murnaną. Cognate with French morne (“gloomy”).

## Easily confused with
- **mun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mourn-vs-mun)
- **Munn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mourn-vs-munn)
- **mouth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mourn-vs-mouth)
- **mouse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mourn-vs-mouse)
- **mon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mon-vs-mourn)
- **MOR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mor-vs-mourn)
- **mou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mou-vs-mourn)
- **more** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/more-vs-mourn)
- **moon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moon-vs-mourn)
- **moan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moan-vs-mourn)
- **moor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moor-vs-mourn)
- **Mori** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mori-vs-mourn)
- **mora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mora-vs-mourn)
- **mort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mort-vs-mourn)
- **morn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morn-vs-mourn)
- **Moro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moro-vs-mourn)
- **mohr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mohr-vs-mourn)
- **mount** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mount-vs-mourn)
- **Moore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moore-vs-mourn)
- **moron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moron-vs-mourn)

## Common misspellings (7)
`mmourn`, `morun`, `mounr`, `mournn`, `mourrn`, `muorn`, `omurn`

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