# guan

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɡwɑn/ · frequency rank #37,952

## Definitions
1. Any (member) of several species of birds in the genera Aburria, Chamaepetes, Oreophasis, Penelope, Penelopina, and Pipile, of the family Cracidae, limited to the Americas.

## Etymology
From American Spanish, from Kuna kwama.

## Easily confused with
- **guy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guan-vs-guy)
- **gun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guan-vs-gun)
- **gut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guan-vs-gut)
- **gum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guan-vs-gum)
- **Gus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guan-vs-gus)
- **GUI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guan-vs-gui)
- **Guo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guan-vs-guo)
- **gul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guan-vs-gul)
- **GYN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guan-vs-gyn)
- **guys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guan-vs-guys)
- **guns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guan-vs-guns)
- **gulf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guan-vs-gulf)
- **guru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guan-vs-guru)
- **guts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guan-vs-guts)
- **Gwen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guan-vs-gwen)
- **Gunn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guan-vs-gunn)
- **gums** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guan-vs-gums)
- **gust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guan-vs-gust)
- **gump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guan-vs-gump)
- **gull** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/guan-vs-gull)

## Common misspellings (4)
`gaun`, `gguan`, `guann`, `ugan`

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