# Joan vs jor

> 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.

### jor
*noun · frequency rank #44,874*
In Indian music, a formal section of composition in the long elaboration (alap) of a raga that forms the beginning of a performance.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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