# chan vs Cheng

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### chan
*noun · IPA /t͡ʃæn/ · frequency rank #7,105*
An IRC channel.

### Cheng
*name · IPA /t͡ʃɛŋ/ · frequency rank #17,789*
A Chinese surname from Mandarin.

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