UCIvsusConfusable pair

Quick tell: UCI is a abbrev, us is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“UCI” is an abbrev and “us” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,259
“UCI” frequency rank
#438
“us” frequency rank
40697
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature UCI us
Definition Union Cycliste Internationale: der Weltradsportverband uns

Letter map: UCI vs us

Shared letters muted; letters that set UCI and us apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
UCI
2 ch
us

Grammar separator: UCI vs us

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: UCI is anabbrev and usapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40697, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

UCI is recorded at frequency rank #40,259, classified as anabbrev. us is at rank #438, tagged as apron, pronounced [ʌs].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 40697, this pair ranks #1,501,040 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of UCI vs us

Shared letters: u. Private to "UCI": ci. Private to "us": s.

"UCI" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "us" · 2 letters · shape VC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "UCI" and "us" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "UCI" is an abbrev and "us" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "UCI" vs "us" - which ranks higher?
"us" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #438 in our German list, against #40,259 for "UCI". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "UCI" and "us". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "UCI" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "us" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,501,040 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "UCI" and "us" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "uch vs UCI". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,501,040 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list