# academia vs academy

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### academia
*noun · IPA /ˌæk.əˈdiː.mɪ.ə/ · frequency rank #14,057*
The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole.

### academy
*noun · IPA /əˈkæd.ə.mi/ · frequency rank #2,605*
The garden where Plato taught.

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