# kilo vs KL

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### kilo
*noun · IPA /ˈkiːləʊ/ · frequency rank #24,489*
Clipping of kilogram.

### KL
*name · IPA /keɪ ɛl/ · frequency rank #23,583*
Initialism of Kuala Lumpur: the capital of Malaysia.

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