# Australia vs Australian

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Australia
*name · IPA /ɒˈstɹeɪ.liː.ə/ · frequency rank #922*
An island of Oceania.

### Australian
*noun · IPA /ɒˈstɹeɪljən/ · frequency rank #1,242*
A person from the country of Australia or of Australian descent.

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