# guan vs gull

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### 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.

### gull
*noun · IPA /ˈɡʌl/ · frequency rank #28,938*
A seabird of the genus Larus or of the subfamily Larinae.

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