# Jan vs Ju

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Jan
*name · IPA /d͡ʒæn/ · frequency rank #2,949*
A male given name from Hebrew.

### Ju
*name · IPA /d͡ʒuː/ · frequency rank #13,551*
A surname from Chinese.

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