# Tana vs Tania

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Tania
*name · frequency rank #29,117*
A diminutive of the female given names Tatiana or Tetyana.

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