# tune

> English word · Noun · IPA /tjuːn/ · frequency rank #4,563

## Definitions
1. A melody.
2. A song, or short musical composition.
3. The act of tuning or maintenance.
4. The state or condition of being correctly tuned.
5. Temper; frame of mind.
6. A sound; a note; a tone.
7. Order; harmony; concord.

## Etymology
From Middle English tune, an unexplained variant of tone, from Old French ton, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “a tone”). Doublet of tone, ton, and tonus.

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

## Common misspellings (5)
`tnue`, `ttune`, `tuen`, `tunne`, `utne`

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