# Vernon

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈvɝnən/ · frequency rank #9,983

## Definitions
1. A town in Eure department, Normandy, France.
2. A village in Ardèche department, Languedoc, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
3. An English habitational surname from Anglo-Norman, originally a Norman baronial name, derived from the town in Normandy.
4. A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
5. A city in British Columbia, Canada; named for Forbes George Vernon, former MLA for British Columbia.
6. A neighborhood of Ottawa, Ontario.
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## Etymology
From Transalpine Gaulish uerna (“alder”) (from Proto-Celtic *wernā, from Proto-Indo-European *wern-) + -o, -onis (locative suffix, literally “place of alder trees”).

## Easily confused with
- **verso** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vernon-vs-verso)
- **Verona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vernon-vs-verona)
- **version** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vernon-vs-version)
- **Venn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/venn-vs-vernon)
- **venom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/venom-vs-vernon)
- **Verne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verne-vs-vernon)
- **Verna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verna-vs-vernon)
- **vermin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vermin-vs-vernon)
- **verdun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verdun-vs-vernon)
- **vernal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vernal-vs-vernon)
- **Vermont** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vermont-vs-vernon)

## Common misspellings (9)
`evrnon`, `venron`, `vernno`, `vernnon`, `vernonn`, `veronn`, `verrnon`, `vrenon`, `vvernon`

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