# na vs Ng

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### na
*adverb · IPA /nɑː/ · frequency rank #3,512*
Not.

### Ng
*name · IPA /əŋ/ · frequency rank #8,322*
A surname from Chinese.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/na-vs-ng