# Roy vs rum

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Roy
*name · IPA /ɹɔɪ/ · frequency rank #4,708*
A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.

### rum
*noun · IPA /ɹʌm/ · frequency rank #12,492*
A spirit distilled from various preparations of sugarcane, particularly fermented cane sugar and molasses.

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