# Balkan vs Balkans

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Balkan
*adjective · IPA /ˈbɒlkən/ · frequency rank #22,582*
Of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula.

### Balkans
*name · IPA /ˈbɔːl.kənz/ · frequency rank #20,850*
A cultural region and peninsula in Southeast Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, sometimes including Romania, Slovenia, and European Turkey.

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