# sander vs Sandia

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sander
*noun · IPA /ˈsændɚ/ · frequency rank #31,332*
A person employed to sand wood.

### Sandia
*name · IPA /ˌsænˈdiː.ə/ · frequency rank #46,754*
A Southern Tiwa-speaking people and tribe in New Mexico.

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