# Newsom

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #45,540

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
Variant of Newsome.

## Easily confused with
- **newton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/newsom-vs-newton)
- **newsroom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/newsom-vs-newsroom)
- **news** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/news-vs-newsom)
- **nelson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nelson-vs-newsom)
- **newcomb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/newcomb-vs-newsom)

## Common misspellings (9)
`enwsom`, `neswom`, `newosm`, `newsmo`, `newsomm`, `newssom`, `newwsom`, `nnewsom`, `nwesom`

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