# UCLA vs uncle

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### UCLA
*name · IPA /ˌju.si.ɛlˈeɪ/ · frequency rank #10,469*
Initialism of University of California, Los Angeles.

### uncle
*noun · IPA /ˈʌŋ.kl̩/ · frequency rank #3,342*
The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent.

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