# keene

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #30,472

## Definitions
1. Obsolete form of keen.

## Easily confused with
- **ken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keene-vs-ken)
- **keep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keene-vs-keep)
- **knee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keene-vs-knee)
- **Kent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keene-vs-kent)
- **kern** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keene-vs-kern)
- **keeps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keene-vs-keeps)
- **Kenny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keene-vs-kenny)
- **keeper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keene-vs-keeper)
- **kernel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keene-vs-kernel)
- **Keynes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keene-vs-keynes)
- **kennel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keene-vs-kennel)
- **keenly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keene-vs-keenly)
- **ketone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keene-vs-ketone)
- **keener** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keene-vs-keener)
- **kenner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keene-vs-kenner)
- **kleenex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keene-vs-kleenex)
- **kee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kee-vs-keene)
- **keen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keen-vs-keene)
- **Kane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kane-vs-keene)
- **keel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keel-vs-keene)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ekene`, `keeen`, `keenne`, `kenee`, `kkeene`

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