# Cones

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #17,329

## Definitions
1. A surname from German.

## Etymology
Americanized spelling of German Kuntz.

## Easily confused with
- **cos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cones-vs-cos)
- **core** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cones-vs-core)
- **cops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cones-vs-cops)
- **cope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cones-vs-cope)
- **cows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cones-vs-cows)
- **cons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cones-vs-cons)
- **cove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cones-vs-cove)
- **cues** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cones-vs-cues)
- **conn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cones-vs-conn)
- **cont** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cones-vs-cont)
- **Cong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cones-vs-cong)
- **conf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cones-vs-conf)
- **cote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cones-vs-cote)
- **coos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cones-vs-coos)
- **cover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cones-vs-cover)
- **costs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cones-vs-costs)
- **corps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cones-vs-corps)
- **cries** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cones-vs-cries)
- **Congo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cones-vs-congo)
- **Corey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cones-vs-corey)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ccones`, `cnoes`, `coens`, `coness`, `connes`, `conse`, `ocnes`

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