# known

> English word · Adjective · IPA /nəʊn/ · frequency rank #398

## Definitions
1. Identified as a specific type; famous, renowned.
2. Accepted, familiar, researched.

## Etymology
From Middle English knowen, from Old English cnāwen (past participle).
Morphologically know + -n.

## Easily confused with
- **Knox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/known-vs-knox)
- **Kwon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/known-vs-kwon)
- **Kohn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/known-vs-kohn)
- **knows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/known-vs-knows)
- **kno** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kno-vs-known)
- **know** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/know-vs-known)
- **knew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knew-vs-known)
- **knot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knot-vs-known)
- **knob** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knob-vs-known)
- **knock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knock-vs-known)
- **knots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knots-vs-known)
- **knoll** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knoll-vs-known)
- **Knopf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knopf-vs-known)
- **Knott** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knott-vs-known)
- **knowing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/knowing-vs-known)

## Common misspellings (8)
`kknown`, `knnown`, `knonw`, `knownn`, `knowwn`, `knwon`, `konwn`, `nkown`

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