# mesa vs MSG

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### mesa
*noun · IPA /ˈmeɪ.sə/ · frequency rank #14,998*
A flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edges.

### MSG
*noun · frequency rank #23,606*
Initialism of monosodium glutamate.

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