unmount
verb
unmount is spelled U-N-M-O-U-N-T: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 44 million words in written English, the 204,233rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, unmount means “To reverse a mount operation; to instruct the operating system that the file system should be disassociated from its mount point, making it no longer…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in unmount?
| Letters | 7: U-N-M-O-U-N-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 44 million words; the 204,233rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is unmount?
Unmount appears about once in every 44 million words in written English, the 204,233rd 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 unmount?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-unmount.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of unmount
- unmounts present, singular, he/she/it
- unmounting participle, present
- unmounted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does unmount mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To reverse a mount operation; to instruct the operating system that the file system should be disassociated from its mount point, making it no longer accessible.
Please unmount the external hard drive before unplugging it.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Unmount in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense reverse operation of mount:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | aushängen |
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 unmount come from?
From un- + mount.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).