# Kent

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /kɛnt/ · frequency rank #5,430

## Definitions
1. A maritime county in southeast England bordered by East Sussex, Surrey, Greater London, the North Sea and the English Channel.
2. A river in Cumbria, England, which flows into Morecambe Bay at Arnside.
3. A hamlet in Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU1310).
4. A district municipality of British Columbia, Canada.
5. A coastal fishing village in the Western Area Rural District, Sierra Leone.
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23. A surname from Old English derived from the place name.
24. A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.
25. A royal dukedom.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English Kent, from Old English Cent, from Latin Cantium, from Brythonic *Cantio (compare Old Irish céite (“gathering, folkmoot, hillock”)), from Proto-Celtic *kantos (“corner, rim”).

## Easily confused with
- **KT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kent-vs-kt)
- **key** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kent-vs-key)
- **kit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kent-vs-kit)
- **kin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kent-vs-kin)
- **kun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kent-vs-kun)
- **Kev** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kent-vs-kev)
- **kew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kent-vs-kew)
- **kmt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kent-vs-kmt)
- **ker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kent-vs-ker)
- **kno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kent-vs-kno)
- **kind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kent-vs-kind)
- **king** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kent-vs-king)
- **kept** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kent-vs-kept)
- **Kong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kent-vs-kong)
- **keys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kent-vs-keys)
- **Kurt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kent-vs-kurt)
- **knot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kent-vs-knot)
- **knit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kent-vs-knit)
- **Kerr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kent-vs-kerr)
- **kink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kent-vs-kink)

## Common misspellings (6)
`eknt`, `kennt`, `kentt`, `ketn`, `kkent`, `knet`

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