# Davao vs Davis

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Davao
*name · IPA /ˈda.vaʊ̯/ · frequency rank #29,990*
A former province of Mindanao, Philippines.

### Davis
*name · IPA /ˈdeɪ.vɪs/ · frequency rank #3,052*
A surname

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