# rum vs Russ

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Russ
*name · frequency rank #12,318*
A diminutive of the male given name Russell.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rum-vs-russ