# Chao vs clan

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Chao
*name · IPA /t͡ʃaʊ/ · frequency rank #26,718*
A surname from Chinese.

### clan
*noun · IPA /klæn/ · frequency rank #7,429*
A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.

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