# knows vs Knox

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Knox
*name · IPA /nɑks/ · frequency rank #10,386*
A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.

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