# game vs gar

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### game
*noun · IPA /ɡeɪm/ · frequency rank #182*
A playful or competitive activity.

### gar
*noun · IPA /ɡɑː/ · frequency rank #29,289*
Any of several North American fish of the family Lepisosteidae that have long, narrow jaws.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/game-vs-gar