# Jon vs Jones

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Jon
*name · frequency rank #4,245*
A male given name from Hebrew, variant of John.

### Jones
*name · IPA /d͡ʒəʊnz/ · frequency rank #1,904*
An English and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name John.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/jon-vs-jones