# Uri vs Uribe

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Uri
*name · IPA /ˈuːɹi/ · frequency rank #20,808*
A canton of Switzerland.

### Uribe
*name · IPA /(j)uˈɹiː.beɪ/ · frequency rank #42,979*
A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].

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