# guan vs guy

> 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.

### 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: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guan-vs-guy