# MRSA vs MRT

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### MRSA
*noun · IPA /ˈɛm.ɑːɹ.ɛs.eɪ/ · frequency rank #41,266*
Initialism of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; a bacterium responsible for serious infections.

### MRT
*noun · IPA /ɛm ɑː(ɹ)tiː/ · frequency rank #40,351*
Initialism of magnetic resonance tomography.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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