# summon

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈsʌmən/ · frequency rank #14,031

## Definitions
1. To call people together; to convene; to convoke.
2. To ask someone to come; to send for.
3. To order (goods) and have delivered
4. To rouse oneself to exert a skill.
5. To call a resource by magic.
6. To summons; convene.

## Etymology
From Anglo-Norman somoundre, from Old French sumundre, from Latin summonēre, itself from sub + monēre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti, causative from *men- (“to think”).
Compare typologically from the same PIE root mention, Russian помина́ть (pominátʹ), упомина́ть (upominátʹ) (developed less further, keeping strong relation with по́мнить (pómnitʹ)), also compare помина́й как зва́ли (pomináj kak zváli) (<+ звать (zvatʹ)).

## Easily confused with
- **sumo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/summon-vs-sumo)
- **Sutton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/summon-vs-sutton)
- **summons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/summon-vs-summons)
- **summoned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/summon-vs-summoned)
- **Simon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/simon-vs-summon)
- **summa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/summa-vs-summon)
- **summer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/summer-vs-summon)
- **summit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/summit-vs-summon)
- **salmon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salmon-vs-summon)
- **sermon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sermon-vs-summon)
- **Samson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/samson-vs-summon)
- **Simeon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/simeon-vs-summon)
- **Shimon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shimon-vs-summon)
- **Simmons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/simmons-vs-summon)
- **summing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/summing-vs-summon)

## Common misspellings (7)
`smumon`, `ssummon`, `summno`, `summonn`, `sumomn`, `sumon`, `usmmon`

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