# sunset

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsʌnˌsɛt/ · frequency rank #6,745

## Definitions
1. The moment each evening when the sun disappears below the western horizon.
2. The changes in color of the sky before and after sunset.
3. The final period of the life of a person or thing.
4. A set termination date.
5. The region where the sun sets; the west.

## Etymology
From Middle English son-sett, Sonne set, equivalent to sun + set. In Gower's Confessio Amantis, before 1393.

## Easily confused with
- **Sussex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sunset-vs-sussex)
- **suns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suns-vs-sunset)
- **sense** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sense-vs-sunset)
- **senses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/senses-vs-sunset)
- **subset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/subset-vs-sunset)
- **sensed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sensed-vs-sunset)
- **sunken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sunken-vs-sunset)
- **sensei** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sensei-vs-sunset)
- **sonnet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sonnet-vs-sunset)

## Common misspellings (9)
`snuset`, `ssunset`, `sunest`, `sunnset`, `sunsett`, `sunsset`, `sunste`, `susnet`, `usnset`

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