# Parsons

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈpɑɹsənz/ · frequency rank #13,035

## Definitions
1. A surname originating as an occupation.
2. A number of places in the United States:
3. A number of places in the United States:
4. A number of places in the United States:
5. A number of places in the United States:
6. A number of places in the United States:

## Etymology
An occupational surname for a child or a servant of a parson.
* In the United States adopted by bearers of one or more similar sounding Jewish surnames, and of the Swedish surnames Pärsson and Persson.

## Easily confused with
- **person** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parsons-vs-person)
- **parton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parsons-vs-parton)
- **persons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parsons-vs-persons)
- **prisons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parsons-vs-prisons)
- **Pearson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parsons-vs-pearson)
- **persona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parsons-vs-persona)
- **passions** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parsons-vs-passions)
- **pardon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pardon-vs-parsons)
- **parson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parson-vs-parsons)
- **pardons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pardons-vs-parsons)
- **parsing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parsing-vs-parsons)

## Common misspellings (11)
`aprsons`, `parosns`, `parrsons`, `parsnos`, `parsonns`, `parsonss`, `parsosn`, `parssons`, `pasrons`, `pparsons`, `prasons`

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