# Slav vs star

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Slav
*noun · IPA /slɑːv/ · frequency rank #43,919*
A member of any of the peoples of Europe who speak the Slavic languages.

### star
*noun · IPA /stɑː(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #666*
Any small, natural and bright dot in the sky, most visible in the night or twilight sky. This sense includes the planets, but it is now sometimes used in exclusion of them due to influence from the technical astronomical sense.

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