# nation vs national

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### nation
*noun · IPA /na.sjɔ̃/ · frequency rank #23,512*
Nación.

### national
*adjective · IPA [nat͡sjoˈnaːl] · frequency rank #8,029*
Nacional.

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