# Conlon

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #40,182

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.

## Etymology
From Irish Ó Connalláin, which could be from con (“hound”) + leon (“lion”), though the second element could instead be from gal (“valor”), similar to O'Connell.

## Easily confused with
- **conn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conlon-vs-conn)
- **coon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conlon-vs-coon)
- **Conor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conlon-vs-conor)
- **convo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conlon-vs-convo)
- **cotton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conlon-vs-cotton)
- **coupon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conlon-vs-coupon)
- **Connor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conlon-vs-connor)
- **convoy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conlon-vs-convoy)
- **cordon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conlon-vs-cordon)
- **Conroy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conlon-vs-conroy)
- **conman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conlon-vs-conman)
- **Coulson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conlon-vs-coulson)
- **colo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colo-vs-conlon)
- **color** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/color-vs-conlon)
- **canon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canon-vs-conlon)
- **Colin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colin-vs-conlon)
- **Congo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/congo-vs-conlon)
- **condo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condo-vs-conlon)
- **colon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colon-vs-conlon)
- **Conan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conan-vs-conlon)

## Common misspellings (9)
`cconlon`, `cnolon`, `colnon`, `conllon`, `conlno`, `conlonn`, `connlon`, `conoln`, `ocnlon`

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