# UI vs ur

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### UI
*noun · frequency rank #12,705*
Initialism of unemployment insurance.

### ur
*intj · IPA /ɝ/ · frequency rank #8,224*
Expressing hesitation or inarticulacy; er, um.

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