# Tucson

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈtuːsɒn/ · frequency rank #14,238

## Definitions
1. A city, the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, in the southwestern United States.

## Etymology
From the Mexican Spanish Tucsón, from the O'odham Cuk Ṣon (literally “[at the base of the] black mountain”) [tʃʊk ʂɔːn], referring to Sentinel Peak (colloquially known as '"A" Mountain') visible in the west of Tucson’s downtown area.

## Easily confused with
- **Tyson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tucson-vs-tyson)
- **tycoon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tucson-vs-tycoon)
- **Towson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/towson-vs-tucson)

## Common misspellings (9)
`tcuson`, `ttucson`, `tuccson`, `tucosn`, `tucsno`, `tucsonn`, `tucsson`, `tuscon`, `utcson`

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