# Austria

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɒs.tɹɪə/ · frequency rank #6,330

## Definitions
1. A country in Central Europe. Official name: Republic of Austria. Capital and largest city: Vienna.

## Etymology
From Latin Austria, a Latinization of Old High German Ōstarrīhhi, the first element of which means "east" and stems from Proto-Germanic *austraz (“eastern”), and the second element of which is rīhhi (“realm”). See east, eastern for more.
Distantly cognate to Australia: it derives from the same Proto-Indo-European root, but via Latin, where it came to mean “south” rather than “east”. Compare also Austrasia.

## Easily confused with
- **Austrian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/austria-vs-austrian)
- **Austrians** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/austria-vs-austrians)
- **Austin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/austin-vs-austria)
- **Astrid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/astrid-vs-austria)
- **Astoria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/astoria-vs-austria)
- **Assyria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/assyria-vs-austria)
- **Australia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/australia-vs-austria)

## Common misspellings (9)
`asutria`, `ausrtia`, `ausstria`, `austira`, `austrai`, `austrria`, `austtria`, `autsria`, `uastria`

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