# Gao vs gun

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Gao
*name · IPA [ɡaˈo] · frequency rank #49,695*
am Niger gelegene Stadt in Mali

### gun
*noun · IPA [ɡʌn] · frequency rank #20,283*
Feuerwaffe, Schusswaffe

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/gao-vs-gun