# Coutts

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkuːts/ · frequency rank #48,678

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A private bank, famously that of Queen Elizabeth

## Etymology
The bank takes its name from James Coutts and his descendants, who became partners at the bank in the 1750s and 60s.
The surname is also spelled Couts.

## Easily confused with
- **cuts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coutts-vs-cuts)
- **cunts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coutts-vs-cunts)
- **cults** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coutts-vs-cults)
- **crusts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coutts-vs-crusts)
- **court** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/court-vs-coutts)
- **costs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/costs-vs-coutts)
- **count** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/count-vs-coutts)
- **coats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coats-vs-coutts)
- **coups** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coups-vs-coutts)
- **cotta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cotta-vs-coutts)
- **cours** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cours-vs-coutts)
- **county** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/county-vs-coutts)
- **courts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/courts-vs-coutts)
- **counts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/counts-vs-coutts)
- **coasts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coasts-vs-coutts)
- **Coates** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coates-vs-coutts)
- **Cortes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cortes-vs-coutts)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ccoutts`, `cotuts`, `couts`, `coutst`, `couttss`, `cuotts`, `ocutts`

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