# fauna

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈfɔːnə/ · frequency rank #14,534

## Definitions
1. Animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time.
2. A book, cataloguing the animals of a country.

## Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin fauna, from Latin Fauna, sister of Faunus (“god of forests and herdsmen”); akin to Ancient Greek θαῦνον (thaûnon, “wild animal, beast”), θώς (thṓs, “jackal, wild dog; panther”), Phrygian δάος (dáos, “wolf”).

## Easily confused with
- **fun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fauna-vs-fun)
- **fund** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fauna-vs-fund)
- **funk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fauna-vs-funk)
- **faux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fauna-vs-faux)
- **fawn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fauna-vs-fawn)
- **fung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fauna-vs-fung)
- **fina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fauna-vs-fina)
- **found** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fauna-vs-found)
- **Fiona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fauna-vs-fiona)
- **flung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fauna-vs-flung)
- **Faust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fauna-vs-faust)
- **flaunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fauna-vs-flaunt)
- **fan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fan-vs-fauna)
- **FAA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faa-vs-fauna)
- **fans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fans-vs-fauna)
- **fang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fang-vs-fauna)
- **Fata** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fata-vs-fauna)
- **fault** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fault-vs-fauna)
- **faint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/faint-vs-fauna)
- **Fanny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fanny-vs-fauna)

## Common misspellings (6)
`afuna`, `fanua`, `fauan`, `faunna`, `ffauna`, `fuana`

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