# Ions

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #14,573

## Definitions
1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

## Etymology
From a Northumberland variant of John + the patronymic suffix -s.

## Easily confused with
- **is** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ions-vs-is)
- **its** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ions-vs-its)
- **iOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ions-vs-ios)
- **IRS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ions-vs-irs)
- **ISS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ions-vs-iss)
- **ips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ions-vs-ips)
- **it's** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ions-vs-it-s)
- **iron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ions-vs-iron)
- **Iowa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ions-vs-iowa)
- **Isis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ions-vs-isis)
- **iris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ions-vs-iris)
- **Ives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ions-vs-ives)
- **iota** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ions-vs-iota)
- **irony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ions-vs-irony)
- **irons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ions-vs-irons)
- **in** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/in-vs-ions)
- **io** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/io-vs-ions)
- **inc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inc-vs-ions)
- **ion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ion-vs-ions)
- **ink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ink-vs-ions)

## Common misspellings (5)
`inos`, `ionns`, `ionss`, `iosn`, `oins`

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