# unc vs UU

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### unc
*noun · IPA /ʌŋk/ · frequency rank #18,980*
Clipping of uncle.

### UU
*noun · frequency rank #41,937*
Initialism of Unitarian Universalist.

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