# northern vs nother

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### northern
*adjective · IPA /ˈnɔːðən/ · frequency rank #1,489*
Of, facing, situated in, or related to the north; northerly.

### nother
*pronoun · IPA /ˈnʌðə/ · frequency rank #44,374*
Neither.

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