# Penrose

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #39,953

## Definitions
1. A surname from Cornish.
2. A small village in St Ervan parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8770).
3. A small town in Wingecarribee Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
4. A suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales.
5. A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.
6. A number of places in the United States:
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## Etymology
From Cornish penn (“head”) + ros (“moor, heathland”).

## Easily confused with
- **prose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/penrose-vs-prose)
- **peruse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/penrose-vs-peruse)

## Common misspellings (10)
`epnrose`, `pennrose`, `penorse`, `penroes`, `penrosse`, `penrrose`, `penrsoe`, `pernose`, `pnerose`, `ppenrose`

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