mundane
mun·dane[mʌnˈdeɪn]adjective, noun
mundane is spelled M-U-N-D-A-N-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables (mun·dane). It appears 2.7 times per million words in written English, the 16,455th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, mundane means “Worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in mundane?
| Letters | 7: M-U-N-D-A-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: mun·dane |
| In writing | 2.7 times per million words; the 16,455th 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; 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 mundane?
Mundane appears 2.7 times per million words in written English, the 16,455th 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 mundane?
- /mʌnˈdeɪn/
- /mən-/
- US [mʌnˈdeɪn]
Mundane has 2 syllables, split mun·dane in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-mundane.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with mundane?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as mundane.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: unnamed.
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 mundane
- mundaner comparative
- mundanest superlative
- mundanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mundane mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly.
- 2
Pertaining to the Universe, cosmos or physical reality, as opposed to the spiritual world.
Amongst mundane bodies, six there are that do perpetually move, and they are the six Planets; of the rest, that is, of the Earth, Sun, and fixed Stars, it is disputable which of them moveth, and which stands still.
- 3
Ordinary; not new; part of the mainstream culture.
- 4
Tedious; repetitive and boring.
- 5
Non-magical; without supernatural powers or properties.
noun
- 1
An unremarkable, ordinary human being.
- 2
derogatoryslangA person considered to be "normal", part of the mainstream culture, outside the subculture, not part of the elite group.
- 3
derogatoryA person who is not a Satanist.
- 4
slangThe world outside fandom; the normal, mainstream world.
- 5
A person with no magical or supernatural powers or properties.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Mundane in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | profane, mondain, mondaine , ordinaire , ennuyeux |
| German | weltlich , alltäglich, ordinär , nervtötend |
| Portuguese | mundano |
| Spanish | mundano, mundanal , prosaico |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does mundane come from?
From Middle English mondeyne, from Old French mondain, from Late Latin mundānus, from Latin mundus (“world”). Compare Danish mondæn. (ordinary): Compare typologically Russian несусве́тный (nesusvétnyj) (<~ не- (ne-) + (rare) сусве́тный (susvétnyj) < свет (svet)).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).