# UM vs un

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### un
*article · IPA [ũn] · frequency rank #10*
Artículo indeterminado masculino singular.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/um-vs-un