# KL vs Ku

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Ku
*name · frequency rank #14,350*
A surname from Korean.

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