mund
/mʊnd/obsolete
mund is spelled M-U-N-D: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mund means “A hand” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mund is munds.
How many letters and syllables are in mund?
| Letters | 4: M-U-N-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 113,022nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is mund?
Mund appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd 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 mund?
- /mʊnd/
- /mʌnd/
Mund 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-mund.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mund2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does mund mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteA hand.
- 2
obsoleteSecurity, granted by a king or earl, the violation of which was punished by a fine (a mundbyrd).
- 3
obsoleteProtection; guardianship.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mund come from?
From Middle English and Old English mund, from Proto-Germanic *mundō (“hand, protection, security”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).