# Keynes

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /keɪnz/ · frequency rank #20,678

## Definitions
1. An English surname from Old French.
2. John Maynard Keynes, English economist

## Etymology
Alteration of Anglo-Norman Kahaignae, Chaiines (“Cahagnes, now a commune in Normandy”).

## Easily confused with
- **keys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keynes-vs-keys)
- **Keane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keane-vs-keynes)
- **Keyes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keyes-vs-keynes)
- **keene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keene-vs-keynes)
- **keyed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keyed-vs-keynes)
- **kernel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kernel-vs-keynes)
- **kennel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kennel-vs-keynes)
- **keener** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/keener-vs-keynes)
- **kenner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kenner-vs-keynes)
- **canes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canes-vs-keynes)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ekynes`, `kenyes`, `keyens`, `keyness`, `keynnes`, `keynse`, `keyynes`, `kkeynes`, `kyenes`

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