# teak vs Tegan

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### teak
*noun · IPA /tiːk/ · frequency rank #35,552*
An extremely durable timber highly valued for shipbuilding and other purposes, yielded by Tectona grandis (and Tectona spp.).

### Tegan
*name · IPA /ˈtiːɡən/ · frequency rank #43,408*
A female given name from Welsh.

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