# PLA

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #20,735

## Definitions
1. Initialism of Port of London Authority.
2. Initialism of People's Liberation Army.
3. Initialism of People's Liberation Army.
4. Initialism of People's Liberation Army.
5. Initialism of Palestine Liberation Army (“a traditional army of the Palestine Liberation Organization, defunct”).
6. NYSE stock-ticker symbol for Playboy Enterprises, Inc., now PLBY.
7. Initialism of Pokémon Legends: Arceus.

## Easily confused with
- **PM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pla-vs-pm)
- **PP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pla-vs-pp)
- **PR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pla-vs-pr)
- **pt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pla-vs-pt)
- **PS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pla-vs-ps)
- **po** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pla-vs-po)
- **PU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pla-vs-pu)
- **PV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pla-vs-pv)
- **PW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pla-vs-pw)
- **PX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pla-vs-px)
- **put** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pla-vs-put)
- **pro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pla-vs-pro)
- **pop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pla-vs-pop)
- **pot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pla-vs-pot)
- **pub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pla-vs-pub)
- **pod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pla-vs-pod)
- **pos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pla-vs-pos)
- **ppl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pla-vs-ppl)
- **pup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pla-vs-pup)
- **PLC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pla-vs-plc)

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