# Guam vs guava

> 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.

### guava
*noun · IPA /ˈɡwɑːvə/ · frequency rank #46,496*
A tropical tree or shrub of the myrtle family, Psidium guajava.

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