# Croat vs Croatia

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Croat
*noun · IPA /ˈkɹəʊ.æt/ · frequency rank #49,850*
A native or inhabitant of Croatia; a person of Croatian ethnicity.

### Croatia
*name · IPA /ˌkɹəʊˈeɪ.ʃə/ · frequency rank #10,523*
A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Croatia. Capital and largest city: Zagreb. Part of Yugoslavia until 1991.

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