# LIC vs Luca

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### LIC
*noun · frequency rank #42,238*
Acronym of ligand-gated ion channel.

### Luca
*name · IPA /ˈluːkə/ · frequency rank #17,663*
A male given name from Italian, borrowed in the 2000s.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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