# dune

> English word · Noun · IPA /djuːn/ · frequency rank #20,100

## Definitions
1. A ridge or hill of sand piled up by currents of wind or water.

## Etymology
Partly from a dialectal form of down; and partly from French dune (from Old French dune), or from Middle Dutch dūne (modern Dutch duin), or from Middle Low German dûne; all ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *dūn, *dūnā, probably from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold, rampart”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuHnom (“enclosure”), from *dʰewh₂- (“to finish, come full circle”). Doublet of down (which see).

## Easily confused with
- **duo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dune-vs-duo)
- **dye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dune-vs-dye)
- **dup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dune-vs-dup)
- **dur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dune-vs-dur)
- **duty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dune-vs-duty)
- **dust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dune-vs-dust)
- **Dunn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dune-vs-dunn)
- **dunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dune-vs-dunk)
- **dusk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dune-vs-dusk)
- **dyke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dune-vs-dyke)
- **dung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dune-vs-dung)
- **dupe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dune-vs-dupe)
- **dura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dune-vs-dura)
- **dunno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dune-vs-dunno)
- **Dunne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dune-vs-dunne)
- **duvet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dune-vs-duvet)
- **duper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dune-vs-duper)
- **dunks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dune-vs-dunks)
- **de** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/de-vs-dune)
- **due** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/due-vs-dune)

## Common misspellings (4)
`ddune`, `dnue`, `duen`, `udne`

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