# Africa vs African

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Africa
*name · IPA /ˈæf.ɹɪ.kə/ · frequency rank #1,260*
The continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica.

### African
*adjective · IPA /ˈæf.ɹɪ.kən/ · frequency rank #1,590*
Of or pertaining to Africa.

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