# UKW vs USS

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### UKW
*abbrev · IPA [uːkaˈveː] · frequency rank #28,432*
Abkürzung für Ultrakurzwelle

### USS
*abbrev · IPA […] · frequency rank #32,833*
United States Ship

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/ukw-vs-uss