# koi vs Kwon

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### koi
*noun · IPA /kɔɪ/ · frequency rank #26,483*
Ornamental domesticated varieties of the Amur carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus), of Japan and eastern Asia with red-gold or white coloring.

### Kwon
*name · frequency rank #26,484*
A surname from Chinese.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/koi-vs-kwon