# Ng vs NPL

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Ng
*name · IPA /əŋ/ · frequency rank #8,322*
A surname from Chinese.

### NPL
*name · frequency rank #49,528*
Initialism of National Physical Laboratory.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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