# Lewis

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈluːɪs/ · frequency rank #3,112

## Definitions
1. A male given name from Frankish.
2. An English surname originating as a patronymic.
3. The title given to a partially apprenticed Freemason who is normally the Master or Son of a practicing Freemason; one practising or learning the degrees of Freemasonry after introduction to the degrees and before full induction or before becoming a Worshipful Brother.
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## Etymology
From Middle English Lewis, Lowis, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French Louis, from Frankish *Hlūdawīg. Doublet of Louis.

## Easily confused with
- **lis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lewis-vs-lis)
- **Luis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lewis-vs-luis)
- **Lois** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lewis-vs-lois)
- **Lexi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lewis-vs-lexi)
- **Louis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lewis-vs-louis)
- **Lexus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lewis-vs-lexus)
- **Lexie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lewis-vs-lexie)
- **les** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/les-vs-lewis)
- **Lew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lew-vs-lewis)
- **lei** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lei-vs-lewis)
- **less** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/less-vs-lewis)
- **laws** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laws-vs-lewis)
- **legs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/legs-vs-lewis)
- **lets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lets-vs-lewis)
- **lens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lens-vs-lewis)
- **Levi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/levi-vs-lewis)
- **lewd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lewd-vs-lewis)
- **Leia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leia-vs-lewis)
- **lees** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lees-vs-lewis)
- **let's** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/let-s-vs-lewis)

## Common misspellings (7)
`elwis`, `leiws`, `lewiss`, `lewsi`, `lewwis`, `llewis`, `lweis`

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