# kennel

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɛ.nəl/ · frequency rank #23,579

## Definitions
1. A house or shelter for a dog.
2. A facility at which dogs are reared or boarded.
3. The dogs kept at such a facility; a pack of hounds.
4. The hole of a fox or other animal.

## Etymology
PIE word
 *ḱwṓ
From Middle English kenel, kenell, borrowed from Anglo-Norman *kenil, northern variant of Old French chenil, from Vulgar Latin *canīle, from Latin canis.

## Easily confused with
- **Kenny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kennel-vs-kenny)
- **kneel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kennel-vs-kneel)
- **kernel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kennel-vs-kernel)
- **Keynes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kennel-vs-keynes)
- **Kinney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kennel-vs-kinney)
- **kenner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kennel-vs-kenner)
- **Kenneth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kennel-vs-kenneth)
- **keel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keel-vs-kennel)
- **Keane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keane-vs-kennel)
- **keene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keene-vs-kennel)
- **Kendal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kendal-vs-kennel)
- **keener** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keener-vs-kennel)
- **Kennedy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kennedy-vs-kennel)

## Common misspellings (6)
`eknnel`, `kenenl`, `kennell`, `kennle`, `kkennel`, `knenel`

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