# kamala vs Kampala

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### kamala
*noun · IPA /ˈkʌm(ə)lə/ · frequency rank #29,705*
A small or medium-sized tree (Mallotus philippensis) in the spurge family, found in Asia and Australia.

### Kampala
*name · IPA /kæmˈpɑːlə/ · frequency rank #31,229*
The capital of, and largest city in, Uganda.

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