# Lyons

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #15,858

## Definitions
1. Alternative form of Lyon: the capital city of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
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26. A surname.

## Etymology
From Old French Lyons (nominative of Lyon), from the Roman name, Latin Lugdūnum (“fort of Lug”), named after Lugus, a Celtic deity, from Proto-Celtic *Lugus.

## Easily confused with
- **los** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/los-vs-lyons)
- **Lon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lon-vs-lyons)
- **lyn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lyn-vs-lyons)
- **long** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/long-vs-lyons)
- **loss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loss-vs-lyons)
- **lots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lots-vs-lyons)
- **lion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lion-vs-lyons)
- **lens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lens-vs-lyons)
- **Leon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leon-vs-lyons)
- **lone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lone-vs-lyons)
- **Lynn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lynn-vs-lyons)
- **logs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/logs-vs-lyons)
- **Lyon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lyon-vs-lyons)
- **Lois** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lois-vs-lyons)
- **Laos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laos-vs-lyons)
- **lynx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lynx-vs-lyons)
- **loon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loon-vs-lyons)
- **loos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loos-vs-lyons)
- **looks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/looks-vs-lyons)
- **lying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lying-vs-lyons)

## Common misspellings (8)
`llyons`, `loyns`, `lynos`, `lyonns`, `lyonss`, `lyosn`, `lyyons`, `ylons`

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