# gourd vs guru

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### gourd
*noun · IPA /ɡʊəd/ · frequency rank #36,161*
Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae).

### guru
*noun · IPA /ˈɡʊɹuː/ · frequency rank #9,340*
In Indian traditions: a spiritual teacher who transmits knowledge to a shishya.

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