# guano

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɡwɑːnəʊ/ · frequency rank #46,495

## Definitions
1. Dung from a sea bird or from a bat.
2. Coccothrinax borhidiana, a variety of palm tree indigenous to Cuba.
3. A variety of seabird.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish guano, from Quechua wanu.

## Easily confused with
- **gun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guano-vs-gun)
- **Guo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guano-vs-guo)
- **guns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guano-vs-guns)
- **Gunn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guano-vs-gunn)
- **guard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guano-vs-guard)
- **Guido** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guano-vs-guido)
- **gunna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guano-vs-gunna)
- **gusto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guano-vs-gusto)
- **gumbo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guano-vs-gumbo)
- **guava** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guano-vs-guava)
- **Guyana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guano-vs-guyana)
- **Guiana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guano-vs-guiana)
- **GAO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gao-vs-guano)
- **gan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gan-vs-guano)
- **gang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gang-vs-guano)
- **gran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gran-vs-guano)
- **Guam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guam-vs-guano)
- **gino** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gino-vs-guano)
- **guan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guan-vs-guano)
- **Gant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gant-vs-guano)

## Common misspellings (6)
`gauno`, `gguano`, `guanno`, `guaon`, `gunao`, `ugano`

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