# Sau vs SS

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Sau
*noun · IPA [zaʊ̯] · frequency rank #5,422*
weibliches Schwein ab dem ersten Ferkeln

### 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/sau-vs-ss