# Ives

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /aɪvz/ · frequency rank #23,012

## Definitions
1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
2. An unincorporated community in Stoddard County, Missouri, United States, named after John Ivester.

## Etymology
From the medieval English given name mostly found in the Latinate form Ivo today.

## Easily confused with
- **ivy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ives-vs-ivy)
- **IVF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ives-vs-ivf)
- **Ivo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ives-vs-ivo)
- **Ivor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ives-vs-ivor)
- **is** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/is-vs-ives)
- **IV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iv-vs-ives)
- **its** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/its-vs-ives)
- **ice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ice-vs-ives)
- **iOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ios-vs-ives)
- **ins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ins-vs-ives)
- **IRS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/irs-vs-ives)
- **ISS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/iss-vs-ives)
- **Ike** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ike-vs-ives)
- **IDS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ids-vs-ives)
- **ips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ips-vs-ives)
- **ifs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ifs-vs-ives)
- **ire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ire-vs-ives)
- **ide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ide-vs-ives)
- **I's** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/i-s-vs-ives)
- **ICS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ics-vs-ives)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ievs`, `ivess`, `ivse`, `ivves`, `vies`

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