# Wills

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /wɪlz/ · frequency rank #12,889

## Definitions
1. A surname originating as a patronymic, meaning “son/daughter of Will”.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A number of places:
4. A number of places:
5. A number of places:
6. A number of places:

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

## Easily confused with
- **wis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wills-vs-wis)
- **wins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wills-vs-wins)
- **wits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wills-vs-wits)
- **wilt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wills-vs-wilt)
- **wily** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wills-vs-wily)
- **wings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wills-vs-wings)
- **winds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wills-vs-winds)
- **wives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wills-vs-wives)
- **wires** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wills-vs-wires)
- **wines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wills-vs-wines)
- **willy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wills-vs-willy)
- **wipes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wills-vs-wipes)
- **will** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/will-vs-wills)
- **well** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/well-vs-wills)
- **wall** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wall-vs-wills)
- **wild** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wild-vs-wills)
- **wigs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wigs-vs-wills)
- **wile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wile-vs-wills)
- **walls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walls-vs-wills)
- **Wales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wales-vs-wills)

## Common misspellings (6)
`iwlls`, `willss`, `wils`, `wilsl`, `wlils`, `wwills`

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