# Owens

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #12,470

## Definitions
1. A surname transferred from the given name.
2. A place in the United States:
3. A place in the United States:
4. A place in the United States:
5. A place in the United States:
6. A place in the United States:

## Etymology
From Owen + -s (patronymic suffix).

## Easily confused with
- **own** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/owens-vs-own)
- **OWS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/owens-vs-ows)
- **owns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/owens-vs-owns)
- **owls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/owens-vs-owls)
- **oxen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/owens-vs-oxen)
- **owing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/owens-vs-owing)
- **owners** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/owens-vs-owners)
- **owe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/owe-vs-owens)
- **Ons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ons-vs-owens)
- **open** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/open-vs-owens)
- **ones** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ones-vs-owens)
- **oven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oven-vs-owens)
- **Owen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/owen-vs-owens)
- **owed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/owed-vs-owens)
- **omen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/omen-vs-owens)
- **ores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ores-vs-owens)
- **Oren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oren-vs-owens)
- **opens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/opens-vs-owens)
- **one's** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/one-s-vs-owens)

## Common misspellings (7)
`oewns`, `owenns`, `owenss`, `owesn`, `ownes`, `owwens`, `woens`

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