URLvsursConfusable pair

Which to use

“URL” and “urs” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#8,874
“URL” frequency rank
#34,739
“urs” frequency rank
43613
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature URL urs
Definition Initialism of Uniform Resource Locator: the address of a web page, FTP site, audio stream or other Internet resource. The anniversary of the death of a Sufi saint, celebrated with music and ritual.

Letter map: URL vs urs

Shared letters muted; letters that set URL and urs apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
URL
3 ch
urs

Spelling & dictionary notes on URL vs urs

URL and urs are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - l in “URL” becomes s in “urs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43613, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

URL is recorded at frequency rank #8,874, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˌjuːˌɑːɹˈɛl/. urs is at rank #34,739, tagged as anoun.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 43613, this pair ranks #238,308 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of URL vs urs

Shared letters: ru. Private to "URL": l. Private to "urs": s.

"URL" · 3 letters · shape VCC  ·  "urs" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "URL" for "urs" ever safe?
No. They differ by a single letter - l in “URL” becomes s in “urs”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "URL" vs "urs" - which ranks higher?
"URL" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,874 in our English list, against #34,739 for "urs". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "URL" vs "urs" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "URL" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "urs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #238,308 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "URL" and "urs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "UAS vs urs". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #238,308 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list