# Knott vs knows

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Knott
*name · frequency rank #46,575*
A surname transferred from the given name.

### knows
*verb · IPA /nəʊz/ · frequency rank #906*
third-person singular simple present indicative of know

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