# Canfield

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #42,567

## Definitions
1. A surname.
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## Etymology
Two main origins:
* Habitational surname from the villages of Great and Little Canfield, in Essex, from the Old English personal name Cana + feld (“field”).
* Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the village of Canville-les-Deux-Églises, in Normandy.

## Easily confused with
- **candied** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/candied-vs-canfield)

## Common misspellings (12)
`acnfield`, `cafnield`, `canfeild`, `canffield`, `canfiedl`, `canfieldd`, `canfielld`, `canfiled`, `canifeld`, `cannfield`, `ccanfield`, `cnafield`

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