# Cohen

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkoʊən/ · frequency rank #7,322

## Definitions
1. A surname from Hebrew. The most popular Jewish surname.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

## Etymology
From Hebrew כֹּהֵן (kohén, “cohen”).

## Easily confused with
- **con** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohen-vs-con)
- **come** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohen-vs-come)
- **core** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohen-vs-core)
- **coin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohen-vs-coin)
- **corn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohen-vs-corn)
- **cole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohen-vs-cole)
- **coke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohen-vs-coke)
- **cope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohen-vs-cope)
- **cone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohen-vs-cone)
- **cove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohen-vs-cove)
- **conn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohen-vs-conn)
- **coon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohen-vs-coon)
- **Cohn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohen-vs-cohn)
- **cote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohen-vs-cote)
- **comes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohen-vs-comes)
- **cover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohen-vs-cover)
- **Colin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohen-vs-colin)
- **Corey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohen-vs-corey)
- **comet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohen-vs-comet)
- **colon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohen-vs-colon)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ccohen`, `choen`, `coehn`, `cohenn`, `cohhen`, `cohne`, `ochen`

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