# IPA vs ips

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### IPA
*name · IPA /ˌaɪ.piːˈeɪ/ · frequency rank #19,373*
Initialism of International Phonetic Alphabet.

### ips
*symbol · frequency rank #20,676*
Initialism of inch(es) per second.

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