# Davao vs Davy

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Davy
*name · IPA /ˈdeɪvi/ · frequency rank #22,943*
A diminutive of the male given name David.

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