# rowan vs Rowland

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Rowland
*name · IPA /ˈɹəʊlənd/ · frequency rank #19,965*
A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Roland.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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