# mun

> English word · Verb · IPA /mʌn/ · frequency rank #28,631

## Definitions
1. Must.

## Etymology
From Middle English mone (“shall, must”), from Old Norse munu (“shall, must”), from Proto-Germanic *munaną.

## Easily confused with
- **my** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mun-vs-my)
- **MW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mun-vs-mw)
- **MV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mun-vs-mv)
- **Mx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mun-vs-mx)
- **MVP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mun-vs-mvp)
- **Mya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mun-vs-mya)
- **must** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mun-vs-must)
- **mute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mun-vs-mute)
- **muse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mun-vs-muse)
- **musk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mun-vs-musk)
- **Musa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mun-vs-musa)
- **mush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mun-vs-mush)
- **mutt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mun-vs-mutt)
- **muni** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mun-vs-muni)
- **Munn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mun-vs-munn)
- **Munro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mun-vs-munro)
- **munch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mun-vs-munch)
- **Mundy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mun-vs-mundy)
- **m** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/m-vs-mun)
- **ME** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/me-vs-mun)

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