# Shana vs Shasta

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Shana
*name · frequency rank #49,042*
A female given name from Welsh.

### Shasta
*name · IPA /ˈʃæs.tə/ · frequency rank #35,075*
An extinct Native American language, formerly spoken from northern California into southwestern Oregon.

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