# MP4 vs MSG

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### MP4
*noun · frequency rank #26,176*
Abbreviation of MPEG-4 Part 14, a file format for playing music and videos.

### 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.
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