# CMA vs comma

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### CMA
*noun · frequency rank #26,726*
Abbreviation of Census Metropolitan Area.

### comma
*noun · IPA /ˈkɒmə/ · frequency rank #20,315*
The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.

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