# IAS vs IATA

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### IAS
*noun · frequency rank #31,214*
Initialism of indicated airspeed.

### IATA
*name · IPA /aɪˈɑːtə/ · frequency rank #45,985*
Acronym of International Air Transport Association, an airline trade organisation with headquarters in Switzerland and Montreal, Canada.

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