# nbsp vs NSW

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### nbsp
*noun · frequency rank #25,856*
Initialism of non-breaking space.

### NSW
*name · frequency rank #9,505*
Initialism of New South Wales: a state of Australia.

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