# ne vs NYU

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ne
*adverb · IPA /nə/ · frequency rank #6,598*
Not.

### NYU
*name · frequency rank #23,924*
Initialism of New York University.

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