# IBM vs IQ

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### IBM
*name · IPA /ˌʌɪbiːˈɛm/ · frequency rank #7,927*
Initialism of International Business Machines.

### IQ
*noun · IPA /ˌaɪ ˈkjuː/ · frequency rank #11,406*
Initialism of intelligence quotient.

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