# Darien vs Darwin

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Darien
*name · IPA /ˈdɛə.ɹi.ən/ · frequency rank #39,769*
A male given name originating as a coinage, variant of Darian.

### Darwin
*name · IPA /ˈdɑːwɪn/ · frequency rank #10,187*
A surname, especially referring to Charles Darwin (1809–1882), British naturalist and founder of the theory of evolution by natural selection.

## Source
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