# Ng vs nu

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### nu
*noun · IPA /njuː/ · frequency rank #13,967*
The letter of the Greek alphabet Ν (N) and ν (n).

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