# Joan vs jock

> 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.

### jock
*noun · IPA /ˈd͡ʒɒk/ · frequency rank #19,118*
A common man.

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