# Keats

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkiːts/ · frequency rank #30,853

## Definitions
1. A surname transferred from the nickname or originating as a patronymic.
2. A census-designated place in Riley County, Kansas, United States, named after the poet John Keats.

## Etymology
From a Middle English byname meaning “kite” (bird), from kete, from Old English cȳta (“kite, bittern”), from Proto-Germanic *kūtijô, diminutive of *kūts (“bird of prey”), from Proto-Indo-European *gū- (“to cry, screech”).

## Easily confused with
- **kept** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keats-vs-kept)
- **keys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keats-vs-keys)
- **Kent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keats-vs-kent)
- **kits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keats-vs-kits)
- **keto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keats-vs-keto)
- **keeps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keats-vs-keeps)
- **Keith** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keats-vs-keith)
- **knots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keats-vs-knots)
- **Klaus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keats-vs-klaus)
- **Keyes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keats-vs-keyes)
- **Kraus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keats-vs-kraus)
- **knits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keats-vs-knits)
- **kat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kat-vs-keats)
- **Kate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kate-vs-keats)
- **Katy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/katy-vs-keats)
- **Katz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/katz-vs-keats)
- **Kato** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kato-vs-keats)
- **Kath** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kath-vs-keats)
- **kata** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kata-vs-keats)
- **Keane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keane-vs-keats)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ekats`, `kaets`, `keast`, `keatss`, `keatts`, `ketas`, `kkeats`

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