# American vs Americana

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### American
*noun · IPA /əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən/ · frequency rank #303*
A citizen or national of the United States of America.

### Americana
*noun · IPA /əˌmɛɹɪˈkænə/ · frequency rank #21,991*
All things peculiar to the culture and people of the United States; anything that is a symbol of American life.

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