# Gunn

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ɡʌn/ · frequency rank #20,655

## Definitions
1. A Scottish surname from Old Norse.
2. A hamlet in Lac Ste. Anne County, Alberta, Canada.
3. A suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia.

## Etymology
From Old Norse Gunnr.

## Easily confused with
- **guy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gunn-vs-guy)
- **gut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gunn-vs-gut)
- **Gus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gunn-vs-gus)
- **Guo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gunn-vs-guo)
- **GYN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gunn-vs-gyn)
- **guys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gunn-vs-guys)
- **guns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gunn-vs-guns)
- **guru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gunn-vs-guru)
- **guts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gunn-vs-guts)
- **Gwen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gunn-vs-gwen)
- **gust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gunn-vs-gust)
- **gush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gunn-vs-gush)
- **gurl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gunn-vs-gurl)
- **Gwyn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gunn-vs-gwyn)
- **gunna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gunn-vs-gunna)
- **Gwynn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gunn-vs-gwynn)
- **Gunner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gunn-vs-gunner)
- **gunned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gunn-vs-gunned)
- **GU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gu-vs-gunn)
- **gun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gun-vs-gunn)

## Common misspellings (3)
`ggunn`, `gnun`, `ugnn`

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