# Ufa vs UFO

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Ufa
*name · IPA /ˈ(j)uːfə · frequency rank #49,115*
The capital and largest city of Bashkortostan, Russia.

### UFO
*noun · IPA /ˌjuːɛfˈəʊ/ · frequency rank #15,539*
Initialism of unidentified flying object; (loosely) an alien spacecraft.

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