# Tana vs Tanaka

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Tana
*name · frequency rank #36,369*
Nickname for Antananarivo: the capital and largest city of Madagascar.

### Tanaka
*name · frequency rank #20,512*
A surname from Japanese.

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