# sardine vs Sardinia

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sardine
*noun · IPA /sɑːˈdiːn/ · frequency rank #43,899*
Any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine (Sardina pilchardus, syn. Clupea pilchardus). The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the Atlantic herring and of the menhaden.

### Sardinia
*name · IPA /sɑɹˈdɪniə/ · frequency rank #31,746*
An island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea.

## Source
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