unmount
"unmount" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“unmount” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 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.
Corpus desk
Index EN-unmount · unmount · English
unmount · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unmount |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “unmount” in English
Rare enough to double-check
unmount is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for unmount, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From un- + mount. The correct English form is unmount, spelled U-N-M-O-U-N-T.
Definition
- 1To 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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how unmount appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Please unmount the external hard drive before unplugging it.
You must unmount the filesystem before running the data recovery tool.
Etymology
From un- + mount.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.