# saga vs sank

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### saga
*noun · IPA /ˈsɑːɡə/ · frequency rank #8,724*
An Old Norse (Icelandic) prose narrative, especially one dealing with family or social histories and legends.

### sank
*verb · IPA /ˈsæŋk/ · frequency rank #11,288*
simple past of sink

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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