# Gabon vs Gaon

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Gabon
*name · IPA /ɡəˈbɒn/ · frequency rank #32,003*
A country in Central Africa. Official name: Gabonese Republic. Capital: Libreville.

### Gaon
*noun · IPA /ɡəˈ(ʔ)oʊn/ · frequency rank #37,935*
A sage of the Talmudic academies of Babylonia

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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