# Navas vs nawab

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Navas
*name · frequency rank #42,294*
A surname from Spanish.

### nawab
*noun · IPA /nəˈwɑːb/ · frequency rank #47,219*
A Muslim official in South Asia acting as a provincial deputy ruler under the Mughal empire; a local governor.

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