mun
/mʌn/verb, noun
mun is spelled M-U-N: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, mun means “Must” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in mun?
| Letters | 3: M-U-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,556th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 mun?
Mun appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th 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 mun?
- /mʌn/
Mun 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mun.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with mun?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as mun.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: num.
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 mun
- maun
- muns plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mun mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
Must.
noun
- 1
UKman
- 2
The person who roleplays a character in a role-playing game, especially an online play-by-post one.
- 3
obsoleteThe mouth, jaw.
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of model United Nations.
pronoun
- 1
UKobsoletethem
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mun come from?
From Middle English mone (“shall, must”), from Old Norse munu (“shall, must”), from Proto-Germanic *munaną.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).