# Connell

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkɑnəl/ · frequency rank #33,586

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish and Scottish, variant of Connel.
2. A city in Franklin County, Washington, United States, originally Palouse Junction and renamed after Jacob Cornelius Connell.

## Etymology
From Irish Ó Conaill (literally “descendant of Conall”), from Proto-Celtic *Kunowalos (literally “dog chief”).

## Easily confused with
- **Cowell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/connell-vs-cowell)
- **Cornell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/connell-vs-cornell)
- **Connery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/connell-vs-connery)
- **corneal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/connell-vs-corneal)
- **Connolly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/connell-vs-connolly)
- **Connelly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/connell-vs-connelly)
- **Cornwell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/connell-vs-cornwell)
- **conned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conned-vs-connell)
- **connect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/connect-vs-connell)
- **conceal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceal-vs-connell)

## Common misspellings (7)
`cconnell`, `cnonell`, `conell`, `conenll`, `connel`, `connlel`, `ocnnell`

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