# Guam vs guan

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Guam
*name · IPA /ɡwɑm/ · frequency rank #20,942*
An unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Territory of Guam.

### guan
*noun · IPA /ɡwɑn/ · frequency rank #37,952*
Any (member) of several species of birds in the genera Aburria, Chamaepetes, Oreophasis, Penelope, Penelopina, and Pipile, of the family Cracidae, limited to the Americas.

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