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There are two different words: one is a type of medicine and the other a chemical element.

The spelling sulfa is a class of antibacterial drugs, sulfonamides.

The spelling sulfur is a typically yellow element, atomic number 16.

(the UK spelling sulphur, common until 1990, is now more rarely used)

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