# nation vs NATO

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### nation
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #3,758*
Nation

### NATO
*noun · IPA [ˈnaːto] · frequency rank #2,914*
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, zu deutsch Nordatlantikvertrag-Organisation

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