# savanna vs Savannah

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### savanna
*noun · IPA /səˈvænə/ · frequency rank #35,929*
A mixed woodland-grassland biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.

### Savannah
*name · IPA /səˈvænə/ · frequency rank #12,677*
A locality in the Shire of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia.

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