# Inca vs inlay

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Inca
*noun · IPA /ˈɪŋkə/ · frequency rank #28,593*
A member of the group of Quechuan peoples of highland Peru who established an empire from northern Ecuador to central Chile before the Spanish conquest.

### inlay
*verb · IPA /ɪnˈleɪ/ · frequency rank #42,712*
To place (pieces of a foreign material) within another material to form a decorative design.

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