# Basra vs Biafra

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Basra
*name · frequency rank #38,747*
A port city in southeastern Iraq.

### Biafra
*name · IPA /biˈɑfɹə/ · frequency rank #47,492*
A short-lived secessionist state that declared independence from Nigeria in the late 1960s.

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