# Pittsburg vs Pittsburgh

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Pittsburg
*name · frequency rank #38,102*
former spelling of Pittsburgh

### Pittsburgh
*name · IPA /ˈpɪtsbɝɡ/ · frequency rank #5,823*
A city, the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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