# VA vs val

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### VA
*name · frequency rank #4,639*
Initialism of United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

### val
*noun · frequency rank #11,148*
Valium.

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