# cuny

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #49,272

## Definitions
1. An ordinary seaman.

## Easily confused with
- **cut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuny-vs-cut)
- **cup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuny-vs-cup)
- **cuz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuny-vs-cuz)
- **cur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuny-vs-cur)
- **cute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuny-vs-cute)
- **cuts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuny-vs-cuts)
- **cure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuny-vs-cure)
- **cups** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuny-vs-cups)
- **curb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuny-vs-curb)
- **curl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuny-vs-curl)
- **curt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuny-vs-curt)
- **cusp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuny-vs-cusp)
- **curd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuny-vs-curd)
- **cuss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuny-vs-cuss)
- **curry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuny-vs-curry)
- **curly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuny-vs-curly)
- **curvy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuny-vs-curvy)
- **cushy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuny-vs-cushy)
- **CU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cu-vs-cuny)
- **can** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/can-vs-cuny)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ccuny`, `cnuy`, `cunny`, `cunyy`, `cuyn`, `ucny`

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