# knew vs kno

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### knew
*verb · IPA /ˈnjuː/ · frequency rank #635*
simple past of know

### kno
*verb · frequency rank #48,851*
Informal spelling of know.

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