# Serb vs Serbia

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Serb
*noun · IPA /ˈsɝb/ · frequency rank #24,900*
A person of Serb descent (not necessarily from Serbia). (Compare Serbian.)

### Serbia
*name · IPA /ˈsɜː.bi.ə/ · frequency rank #11,113*
A country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Serbia. Capital and largest city: Belgrade. Part of Yugoslavia until 1992, then part of Serbia and Montenegro until 2006.

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