# robin vs rowan

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### robin
*noun · IPA /ˈɹɒ.bɪn/ · frequency rank #4,118*
Any of various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly Eopsaltriidae), typically with a red breast.

### rowan
*noun · IPA /ˈɹəʊ.ən/ · frequency rank #19,194*
Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.

## Source
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