# rowan vs Rowena

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Rowena
*name · frequency rank #43,353*
A female 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/rowan-vs-rowena