# Joan vs Joel

> 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.

### Joel
*name · IPA /ˈd͡ʒoʊ(ə)l/ · frequency rank #7,466*
A male given name from Hebrew.

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