# sundance

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #21,087

## Definitions
1. Any of various Native American religious rituals with song, dance, praying, etc.
2. Gaillardia pulchella, a flowering plant of southern US, from Arizona to Florida, and northern Mexico.

## Etymology
From sun + dance.

## Easily confused with
- **sundae** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sundae-vs-sundance)

## Common misspellings (13)
`snudance`, `ssundance`, `sudnance`, `sunadnce`, `sundacne`, `sundancce`, `sundanec`, `sundannce`, `sunddance`, `sundence`, `sundnace`, `sunndance`, `usndance`

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