# Enoch

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈiːnək/ · frequency rank #25,750

## Definitions
1. In the Bible, one of the few people recorded as being taken by God before death.
2. The title of three apocryphal books of the Bible.
3. First son of Cain.
4. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
5. A First Nation reserve in Alberta, Canada; the postal name of Stony Plain Indian Reserve No. 135.

## Etymology
From Late Latin Enoch, from Ancient Greek Ἑνώχ (Henṓkh), from Hebrew חֲנוֹךְ (Ḥănôḵ).

## Easily confused with
- **etch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enoch-vs-etch)
- **Enos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enoch-vs-enos)
- **epoch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enoch-vs-epoch)
- **Erich** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enoch-vs-erich)
- **enough** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enoch-vs-enough)
- **enrich** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enoch-vs-enrich)
- **eunuch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enoch-vs-eunuch)
- **each** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/each-vs-enoch)
- **EEOC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eeoc-vs-enoch)
- **enact** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enact-vs-enoch)

## Common misspellings (7)
`encoh`, `ennoch`, `enocch`, `enochh`, `enohc`, `eonch`, `neoch`

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