# Uri vs URL

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### URL
*noun · IPA /ˌjuːˌɑːɹˈɛl/ · frequency rank #8,874*
Initialism of Uniform Resource Locator: the address of a web page, FTP site, audio stream or other Internet resource.

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