# GL vs gurl

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### GL
*noun · frequency rank #16,479*
Initialism of girls' love (“yuri media”).

### gurl
*noun · IPA /ɡɝl/ · frequency rank #45,959*
Alternative form of girl.

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