# SS vs sus

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### sus
*noun · IPA [sœs] · frequency rank #15,757*
Schwester

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