# Spain vs spat

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Spain
*name · IPA /speɪn/ · frequency rank #2,560*
A country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula. Official name: Kingdom of Spain. Capital and largest city: Madrid.

### spat
*verb · IPA /spæt/ · frequency rank #19,703*
simple past and past participle of spit

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