# sauna

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɔː.nə/ · frequency rank #21,054

## Definitions
1. A room or a house designed for heat sessions.
2. The act of using a sauna.
3. A public sauna.
4. In some countries, a business with bath-like facilities that is actually a brothel or a place for (non-commercial) sexual encounters; a bathhouse or massage parlour.
5. A very hot place or room.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Finnish sauna. Doublet of stack.

## Easily confused with
- **sun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sauna-vs-sun)
- **SNA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sauna-vs-sna)
- **sung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sauna-vs-sung)
- **sunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sauna-vs-sunk)
- **spun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sauna-vs-spun)
- **suns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sauna-vs-suns)
- **stun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sauna-vs-stun)
- **shun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sauna-vs-shun)
- **SUNY** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sauna-vs-suny)
- **Sina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sauna-vs-sina)
- **sona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sauna-vs-sona)
- **Suga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sauna-vs-suga)
- **sawn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sauna-vs-sawn)
- **saya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sauna-vs-saya)
- **sura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sauna-vs-sura)
- **sound** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sauna-vs-sound)
- **stunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sauna-vs-stunt)
- **Shaun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sauna-vs-shaun)
- **swung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sauna-vs-swung)
- **scuba** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sauna-vs-scuba)

## Common misspellings (6)
`asuna`, `sanua`, `sauan`, `saunna`, `ssauna`, `suana`

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