# sel vs SS

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### sel
*noun · IPA [sɛl] · frequency rank #30,762*
Salz

### 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/sel-vs-ss
