# names vs Nantes

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### names
*noun · IPA /neɪmz/ · frequency rank #1,314*
plural of name

### Nantes
*name · IPA /nɑːnts/ · frequency rank #37,585*
The prefecture of the department of Loire-Atlantique, France; the capital city of the region of Pays de la Loire, in historical Brittany.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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