# khan vs Khun

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### khan
*noun · IPA /kɑːn/ · frequency rank #4,684*
A ruler over various Turkic and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages.

### Khun
*name · frequency rank #48,849*
Alternative form of Khundongbam surname of Meitei origin

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