# Caen, conn, kan, khan

> English homophone group · 4 words that sound the same · /kɑn/

These English words share one pronunciation but differ in spelling and meaning.

## The words

### Caen
*/kɑn/*
A city in Calvados department, Normandy, France.

### conn
*/kɑn/*
The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to take and accompanied by the article "the."

### kan
*/kɑːn/*
Archaic form of khan.

### khan
*/kɑːn/*
A ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA); groups derived from IPA pronunciation. Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/homophones/caen