# SME vs smelt

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### SME
*noun · frequency rank #28,024*
Initialism of small and medium-sized enterprise or small- to medium-sized enterprise.

### smelt
*noun · IPA /smɛlt/ · frequency rank #29,468*
Any small anadromous fish of the family Osmeridae, found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and in lakes in North America and northern part of Europe.

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