# Joan vs Joao

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Joan
*name · IPA /d͡ʒoʊn/ · frequency rank #7,020*
A female given name from French, a feminine form of John.

### Joao
*name · IPA /d͡ʒoʊˈaʊ/ · frequency rank #41,711*
A male given name from Portuguese.

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