# nations vs notion

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### notion
*noun · IPA /ˈnəʊʃən/ · frequency rank #5,441*
Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.

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