# Ennis

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #25,049

## Definitions
1. A town in and the county town of County Clare, Ireland (Irish grid ref R 3377).
2. A place in the United States:
3. A place in the United States:
4. A place in the United States:
5. A place in the United States:
6. A habitational surname from Irish.
7. A male given name transferred from the place name.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Irish Inis.

## Easily confused with
- **Enos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ennis-vs-enos)
- **ERNIE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ennis-vs-ernie)
- **Eis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eis-vs-ennis)
- **ends** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ends-vs-ennis)
- **Enid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enid-vs-ennis)
- **Enix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enix-vs-ennis)
- **Ellis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ellis-vs-ennis)
- **Elvis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elvis-vs-ennis)
- **enlist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enlist-vs-ennis)

## Common misspellings (5)
`enins`, `enis`, `enniss`, `ennsi`, `nenis`

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