# WAL vs WL

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### WL
*noun · frequency rank #31,035*
Initialism of waitlist.

## Source
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