# dung

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈdʌŋ/ · frequency rank #21,502

## Definitions
1. Manure; animal excrement.
2. A type of manure, as from a particular species or type of animal.

## Etymology
From Middle English dung, dunge, donge, from Old English dung (“dung; excrement; manure”), from Proto-West Germanic *dungu, from Proto-Germanic *dungō (“dung”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰengʰ- (“to cover”). Superseded non-native Middle English fen (“dung, excrement, filth”), from Old French fien, fiente (“dung, manure”).

## Easily confused with
- **duo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dung-vs-duo)
- **dup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dung-vs-dup)
- **dur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dung-vs-dur)
- **duty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dung-vs-duty)
- **dust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dung-vs-dust)
- **Dunn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dung-vs-dunn)
- **dunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dung-vs-dunk)
- **dusk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dung-vs-dusk)
- **dupe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dung-vs-dupe)
- **dura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dung-vs-dura)
- **dying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dung-vs-dying)
- **dunno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dung-vs-dunno)
- **Dunne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dung-vs-dunne)
- **dunks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dung-vs-dunks)
- **Durga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dung-vs-durga)
- **during** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dung-vs-during)
- **DG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dg-vs-dung)
- **due** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/due-vs-dung)
- **dog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dog-vs-dung)
- **don** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/don-vs-dung)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ddung`, `dnug`, `dugn`, `dungg`, `dunng`, `udng`

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