# nations vs natives

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### nations
*noun · IPA [ˈneɪ·ʃnz] · frequency rank #23,636*
Plural des Substantivs nation

### natives
*adjective · IPA [naˈtiːvəs] · frequency rank #49,924*
Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs nativ

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