# NOAA vs noun

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### NOAA
*name · IPA /ˌɛn oʊ eɪ ˈeɪ/ · frequency rank #21,597*
Acronym of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

### noun
*noun · IPA /naʊn/ · frequency rank #12,816*
A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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