# UM vs uma

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### UM
*abbrev · IPA [ˈũm] · frequency rank #13,160*
Símbolo del ouguiya, unidad monetaria de Mauritania.

### uma
*noun · IPA [ɯ̟ᵝma̠] · frequency rank #23,265*
Caballo.

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