# Cohn

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #27,775

## Definitions
1. A Jewish surname from German.

## Etymology
From German Kohn, from Konrad (“Conrad”). Popularized among Jews because of the phonetic similarity with Hebrew כֹּהֵן (kohén, “priest”). Compare Cohen.

## Easily confused with
- **cop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohn-vs-cop)
- **con** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohn-vs-con)
- **cow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohn-vs-cow)
- **cos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohn-vs-cos)
- **col** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohn-vs-col)
- **cox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohn-vs-cox)
- **cor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohn-vs-cor)
- **coo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohn-vs-coo)
- **cot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohn-vs-cot)
- **coz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohn-vs-coz)
- **coy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohn-vs-coy)
- **Cov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohn-vs-cov)
- **come** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohn-vs-come)
- **cost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohn-vs-cost)
- **cool** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohn-vs-cool)
- **cold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohn-vs-cold)
- **copy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohn-vs-copy)
- **core** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohn-vs-core)
- **cook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohn-vs-cook)
- **cops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohn-vs-cops)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ccohn`, `chon`, `cohhn`, `cohnn`, `conh`, `ochn`

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