# Lundy

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #44,314

## Definitions
1. An island in the Bristol Channel, off the coast of Devon, England, and included in Torridge district (OS grid ref SS14).
2. A sea area corresponding to the Bristol Channel

## Etymology
The name means 'puffin island', from Old Norse lundi (“puffin”) + ey (“island”). Compare Lundey in Iceland.

## Easily confused with
- **lung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lundy-vs-lung)
- **lungs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lundy-vs-lungs)
- **lunge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lundy-vs-lunge)
- **lusty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lundy-vs-lusty)
- **lun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lun-vs-lundy)
- **land** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/land-vs-lundy)
- **lady** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lady-vs-lundy)
- **Lucy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucy-vs-lundy)
- **lend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lend-vs-lundy)
- **luna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luna-vs-lundy)
- **Lund** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lund-vs-lundy)
- **lind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lind-vs-lundy)
- **lucky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucky-vs-lundy)
- **lunch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lunch-vs-lundy)
- **lands** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lands-vs-lundy)
- **Linda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linda-vs-lundy)
- **lunar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lunar-vs-lundy)
- **Lenny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lenny-vs-lundy)
- **lindy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lindy-vs-lundy)
- **lumpy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lumpy-vs-lundy)

## Common misspellings (8)
`llundy`, `lnudy`, `ludny`, `lunddy`, `lundyy`, `lunndy`, `lunyd`, `ulndy`

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