# can vs cowan

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### can
*verb · IPA /ˈkæn/ · frequency rank #39*
To know how to.

### cowan
*noun · IPA /ˈkəʊən/ · frequency rank #22,940*
A worker in unmortared stone; a stonemason who has not served an apprenticeship.

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