# na vs ni

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### ni
*noun · IPA /ni/ · frequency rank #7,946*
Initialism of noun inanimate.

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