# Keane vs keene

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Keane
*name · IPA /kiːn/ · frequency rank #20,977*
A surname from Irish.

### keene
*adjective · frequency rank #30,472*
Obsolete form of keen.

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