# alpaca vs alpha

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### alpaca
*noun · IPA /ælˈpækə/ · frequency rank #36,856*
A sheep-like domesticated animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña.

### alpha
*noun · IPA /ˈælfə/ · frequency rank #4,651*
The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A.

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