# SLA vs slang

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### SLA
*name · IPA /ɛs ɛl eɪ̯/ · frequency rank #35,938*
Initialism of Sudan Liberation Army.

### slang
*noun · IPA /ˈslæŋ/ · frequency rank #14,023*
Language outside of conventional usage and in the informal register.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sla-vs-slang