# tuan

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #43,435

## Definitions
1. A brush-tailed phascogale (Phascogale tapoatafa), endemic to Australia.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Wathaurong duwan.

## Easily confused with
- **tub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuan-vs-tub)
- **tug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuan-vs-tug)
- **Tue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuan-vs-tue)
- **tum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuan-vs-tum)
- **tun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuan-vs-tun)
- **tut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuan-vs-tut)
- **tux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuan-vs-tux)
- **TWA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuan-vs-twa)
- **tui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuan-vs-tui)
- **tur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuan-vs-tur)
- **TUC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuan-vs-tuc)
- **turn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuan-vs-turn)
- **tube** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuan-vs-tube)
- **twin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuan-vs-twin)
- **tune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuan-vs-tune)
- **turf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuan-vs-turf)
- **tuna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuan-vs-tuna)
- **tuck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuan-vs-tuck)
- **Turk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuan-vs-turk)
- **twat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuan-vs-twat)

## Common misspellings (4)
`taun`, `ttuan`, `tuann`, `utan`

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