# Ruben vs Rubio

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Ruben
*name · frequency rank #23,979*
A male given name from Hebrew, variant of Reuben.

### Rubio
*name · IPA /ˈɹubioʊ/ · frequency rank #15,900*
A surname from Spanish.

## Source
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