# Munro

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #23,917

## Definitions
1. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic, variant of Monroe
2. A town in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

## Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic
* (mountains): Named after Scottish mountaineer Sir Hugh Thomas Munro.

## Easily confused with
- **mun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mun-vs-munro)
- **muir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muir-vs-munro)
- **mano** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mano-vs-munro)
- **Moro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moro-vs-munro)
- **muni** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/muni-vs-munro)
- **Munn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/munn-vs-munro)
- **miro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/miro-vs-munro)
- **mino** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mino-vs-munro)
- **micro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/micro-vs-munro)
- **macro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/macro-vs-munro)
- **mango** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mango-vs-munro)
- **munch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/munch-vs-munro)
- **Menlo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/menlo-vs-munro)
- **mondo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mondo-vs-munro)
- **Mundy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mundy-vs-munro)
- **mucho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mucho-vs-munro)
- **Monroe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/monroe-vs-munro)

## Common misspellings (7)
`mmunro`, `mnuro`, `munnro`, `munor`, `munrro`, `murno`, `umnro`

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