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muni

noun, verb

muni is spelled M-U-N-I: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,703rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, muni means “A municipal bond” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of muni is munis or muni's.

How many letters and syllables are in muni?

Letters4: M-U-N-I
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 2 million words; the 40,703rd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 muni?

Muni appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,703rd 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 muni?

    Muni has 2 syllables (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).

    Forms of muni

    • munis plural, present, singular, he/she/it
    • muni's plural, present, singular, he/she/it
    • muni'ing participle, present
    • muni'd participle, past
    • muni'ed participle, past

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does muni mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    noun

    1. 1

      colloquialA municipal bond.

      I invested half of my savings in a muni fund.

    2. 2

      colloquialA facility operated by a municipal government, such as a golf course or train line.

      We usually play at a muni.

    3. 3

      colloquialThe municipal government / municipality

    4. 4

      colloquialA holy man; a noble one; a sage or ascetic.

    5. 5

      colloquialinformalClipping of municycling.

    6. 6

      colloquialinformalClipping of municycle.

    verb

    1. 1

      colloquialinformalClipping of municycle.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Where does muni come from?

    Clipping of municipal.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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