# Roan vs Roland

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Roan
*name · IPA /ˈɹoʊ.ən/ · frequency rank #40,879*
A surname.

### Roland
*name · IPA /ˈɹoʊlənd/ · frequency rank #11,954*
A male given name from the Germanic languages.

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