# inch vs IWC

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### inch
*noun · IPA /ɪnt͡ʃ/ · frequency rank #3,067*
An English unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm, conceived as roughly the width of a thumb.

### IWC
*name · frequency rank #46,552*
Initialism of International Whaling Commission.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inch-vs-iwc