# NAMI vs nana

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### NAMI
*name · frequency rank #35,419*
Initialism of National Alliance on Mental Illness.

### nana
*noun · IPA /ˈnɑːnə/ · frequency rank #14,174*
A banana.

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