# Nantes vs nines

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### 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.

### nines
*noun · frequency rank #35,430*
A pair of nines.

## Source
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