# luna

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈluːnə/ · frequency rank #12,634

## Definitions
1. A luna moth: a member of species Actias luna.
2. A lunette: a crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the (consecrated) host (the bread of communion) upright when exposed in the monstrance.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lūna (“moon; month; crescent”).

## Easily confused with
- **lux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luna-vs-lux)
- **luv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luna-vs-luv)
- **lyn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luna-vs-lyn)
- **luz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luna-vs-luz)
- **Luo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luna-vs-luo)
- **lung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luna-vs-lung)
- **Lynn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luna-vs-lynn)
- **lust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luna-vs-lust)
- **lure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luna-vs-lure)
- **lush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luna-vs-lush)
- **Lund** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luna-vs-lund)
- **lurk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luna-vs-lurk)
- **lynx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luna-vs-lynx)
- **luxe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luna-vs-luxe)
- **lutz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luna-vs-lutz)
- **Lupe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luna-vs-lupe)
- **lute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luna-vs-lute)
- **lyra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luna-vs-lyra)
- **lunch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luna-vs-lunch)
- **lungs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luna-vs-lungs)

## Common misspellings (5)
`lluna`, `lnua`, `luan`, `lunna`, `ulna`

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