# Uribe vs uric

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### uric
*adjective · IPA /ˈjʊɹɪk/ · frequency rank #45,151*
Pertaining to, contained in, or obtained from urine.

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