# Ferris

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #17,139

## Definitions
1. A surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name Fergus and/or from the Norman surname Ferrers.
2. A village in Illinois.
3. A city in Texas.

## Etymology
English surname, from Norman Ferrers, from the toponymic Ferrières, from French fer (“iron”).

## Easily confused with
- **ferry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ferris-vs-ferry)
- **ferrous** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ferris-vs-ferrous)
- **fears** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fears-vs-ferris)
- **fermi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fermi-vs-ferris)
- **Fergus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fergus-vs-ferris)
- **ferret** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ferret-vs-ferris)
- **Fergie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fergie-vs-ferris)
- **Ferraris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ferraris-vs-ferris)

## Common misspellings (7)
`efrris`, `ferirs`, `feris`, `ferriss`, `ferrsi`, `fferris`, `freris`

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