# lunar

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈl(j)uːnə/ · frequency rank #10,078

## Definitions
1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon (that is, Luna, the Earth's moon).
2. Shaped like a crescent moon; lunate.
3. Extremely high.
4. (Believed to be) influenced by the Moon, as in character, growth, or properties.
5. Of or pertaining to silver (which was symbolically associated with the Moon by alchemists).
6. Of or pertaining to travel through space between the Earth and the Moon, or exploration and scientific investigation of the Moon.

## Etymology
From Middle English lunar (“shaped like the crescent moon”), from Latin lūnāris (“of or pertaining to the moon, lunar”) (possibly through Middle French lunaire (modern French lunaire (“lunar”)), from lūna (“the Moon; crescent shape”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to shine”)) + -is (suffix forming adjectives).

## Easily confused with
- **lung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lunar-vs-lung)
- **Lund** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lunar-vs-lund)
- **lunch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lunar-vs-lunch)
- **lungs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lunar-vs-lungs)
- **lunge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lunar-vs-lunge)
- **Luxor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lunar-vs-luxor)
- **Lundy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lunar-vs-lundy)
- **lar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lar-vs-lunar)
- **Lua** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lua-vs-lunar)
- **lun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lun-vs-lunar)
- **liar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liar-vs-lunar)
- **Lana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lana-vs-lunar)
- **Lena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lena-vs-lunar)
- **luna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luna-vs-lunar)
- **Luca** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luca-vs-lunar)
- **Luka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luka-vs-lunar)
- **lear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lear-vs-lunar)
- **Lina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lina-vs-lunar)
- **Lula** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lula-vs-lunar)
- **Lucas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucas-vs-lunar)

## Common misspellings (7)
`llunar`, `lnuar`, `luanr`, `lunarr`, `lunnar`, `lunra`, `ulnar`

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