# NAMI vs narc

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### NAMI
*name · frequency rank #35,419*
Initialism of National Alliance on Mental Illness.

### narc
*noun · IPA /ˈnɑːk/ · frequency rank #46,645*
A police officer or federal agent assigned to or engaging in illegal narcotics control.

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