# são vs SS

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### são
*adjective · IPA [sɐ̃w] · frequency rank #20,080*
gesund

### SS
*abbrev · IPA [ˌɛsˈʔɛs] · frequency rank #3,212*
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

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