# Thun

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #47,962

## Definitions
1. A city and municipality of Bern canton, Switzerland.
2. An Alpine lake, which took its name from the city of Thun, on its northern shore: see Lake Thun.

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin Tuno, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“fortified town”), named before it fell to Rome.

## Easily confused with
- **Tu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thun-vs-tu)
- **TN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thun-vs-tn)
- **ton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thun-vs-ton)
- **thy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thun-vs-thy)
- **tin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thun-vs-tin)
- **tub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thun-vs-tub)
- **tug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thun-vs-tug)
- **Tue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thun-vs-tue)
- **tum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thun-vs-tum)
- **tru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thun-vs-tru)
- **tun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thun-vs-tun)
- **tut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thun-vs-tut)
- **tux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thun-vs-tux)
- **tui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thun-vs-tui)
- **tur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thun-vs-tur)
- **TUC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thun-vs-tuc)
- **Tsu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thun-vs-tsu)
- **true** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thun-vs-true)
- **turn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thun-vs-turn)
- **town** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thun-vs-town)

## Common misspellings (6)
`htun`, `thhun`, `thnu`, `thunn`, `tthun`, `tuhn`

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