# tuna

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtjuː.nə/ · frequency rank #12,345

## Definitions
1. Any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae.
2. The edible flesh of the tuna.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Arabic اَلْ (al-)
Phoenicianbor.
Ancient Greek θῠ́ννος (thŭ́nnos)bor.
Latin thunnusbor.
Arabic تُنّ (tunn)
Arabic اَلتُّنّ (at-tunn)
Andalusian Arabic [Term?]bor.
Old Spanish atun
Spanish atúnder.
United States Spanish tunabor.
English tuna
Borrowed from United States Spanish tuna, alteration of Spanish atún, from Arabic اَلتُّنّ (at-tunn, “tuna”), from Latin thunnus, itself from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos). Possibly in the sense of "darter" from thynein "to dart along". Doublet of tonno.

## Easily confused with
- **tut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuna-vs-tut)
- **tux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuna-vs-tux)
- **TWA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuna-vs-twa)
- **tur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuna-vs-tur)
- **turn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuna-vs-turn)
- **tune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuna-vs-tune)
- **turf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuna-vs-turf)
- **Turk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuna-vs-turk)
- **Tyne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuna-vs-tyne)
- **turd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuna-vs-turd)
- **tung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuna-vs-tung)
- **tutu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuna-vs-tutu)
- **tusk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuna-vs-tusk)
- **turns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuna-vs-turns)
- **tuned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuna-vs-tuned)
- **tunes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuna-vs-tunes)
- **tunic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuna-vs-tunic)
- **Tunis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuna-vs-tunis)
- **tuner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuna-vs-tuner)
- **tundra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tuna-vs-tundra)

## Common misspellings (4)
`tnua`, `ttuna`, `tunna`, `utna`

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