# tarn vs Tarzan

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### tarn
*noun · IPA /tɑːn/ · frequency rank #47,370*
A small mountain lake, especially in Northern England.

### Tarzan
*name · IPA /ˈtɑɹzæn/ · frequency rank #23,413*
A heroic fictional character, raised from a baby to adulthood in the African jungle by apes.

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