# gopher vs Gower

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### gopher
*noun · IPA /ˈɡəʊfə/ · frequency rank #34,083*
A small burrowing rodent native to North and Central America, especially in the family Geomyidae (pocket gophers).

### Gower
*name · IPA /ˈɡaʊɚ/ · frequency rank #30,070*
A surname.

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