# nails vs naira

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### nails
*noun · IPA /neɪlz/ · frequency rank #6,711*
plural of nail

### naira
*noun · frequency rank #45,535*
The official currency of Nigeria. Equal to 100 kobo. (The naira replaced the pound in 1973.)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nails-vs-naira