# Caen

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /kɑn/ · frequency rank #44,666

## Definitions
1. A city in Calvados department, Normandy, France.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English Caen, Cane, Cadomy, from Old French Caem, Cahom, likely from Latin *Catumagus; the modern pronunciation is a refashioning after modern French Caen.

## Easily confused with
- **CE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caen-vs-ce)
- **can** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caen-vs-can)
- **car** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caen-vs-car)
- **cat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caen-vs-cat)
- **cap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caen-vs-cap)
- **CEO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caen-vs-ceo)
- **CNN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caen-vs-cnn)
- **con** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caen-vs-con)
- **cam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caen-vs-cam)
- **cal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caen-vs-cal)
- **cue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caen-vs-cue)
- **cas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caen-vs-cas)
- **che** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caen-vs-che)
- **Cao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caen-vs-cao)
- **CES** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caen-vs-ces)
- **Coe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caen-vs-coe)
- **cee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caen-vs-cee)
- **Cai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caen-vs-cai)
- **caf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caen-vs-caf)
- **CME** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caen-vs-cme)

## Common misspellings (3)
`caenn`, `ccaen`, `cean`

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