# nationals vs nations

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### nationals
*noun · IPA /næʃənəls/ · frequency rank #8,174*
plural of national

### nations
*noun · IPA /ˈneɪʃənz/ · frequency rank #1,667*
plural of nation

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