mung
/mʌŋ/noun, verb
mung is spelled M-U-N-G: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 61,481st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mung means “mung bean (Vigna radiata, syn. Phaseolus aureus), cultivated for its sprouts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mung is mungs.
How many letters and syllables are in mung?
| Letters | 4: M-U-N-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 61,481st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 mung?
Mung appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 61,481st 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 mung?
- /mʌŋ/
- /muːŋ/
As a verb (“To make repeated changes to a file or data which…”): /mʌŋ/.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mung.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with mung?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as mung from its last stressed vowel (/ʌŋ/):
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 mung
- mungs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- mongo
- moongo
- moong
- munge
- mungo
- munj
- munging participle, present
- munged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does mung mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
mung bean (Vigna radiata, syn. Phaseolus aureus), cultivated for its sprouts.
verb
- 1
informalTo make repeated changes to a file or data which individually may be reversible, yet which ultimately result in an unintentional irreversible destruction of large portions of the original data.
- 2
informalTo harm, to damage; to destroy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does mung come from?
From Hindi मूँग (mūṅg), from Sanskrit मुद्ग (mudga).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).