# Australian vs Austrian

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Austrian
*adjective · IPA /ˈɒs.tɹi.ən/ · frequency rank #9,566*
Of, from, or pertaining to Austria.

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