# Waco vs WAL

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Waco
*name · IPA /ˈweɪkoʊ/ · frequency rank #28,080*
A city in Georgia, United States.

### WAL
*noun · frequency rank #14,666*
Acronym of write-ahead logging or write-ahead log.

## Source
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