# grub vs guy

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### grub
*noun · IPA /ɡɹʌb/ · frequency rank #24,772*
An insect, especially a beetle, at an immature stage of its life cycle.

### guy
*noun · IPA /ɡæ/ · frequency rank #387*
An effigy of a man burned on a bonfire on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot (5th November).

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