us vs USK, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#438
“us” frequency rank: #38,479
“USK” frequency rank: 38917
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	us	USK
Definition	uns	Unterstützungskommando, Teil der Spezialkräfte der Bayerischen Polizei

Letter map: us vs USK

Shared letters muted; letters that set us and USK apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

2 ch

3 ch

USK

Grammar separator: us vs USK

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: us is apronoun and USKanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “us” sits inside “USK”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38917, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

us is recorded at frequency rank #438, classified as apron, pronounced [ʌs]. USK is at rank #38,479, tagged as anabbrev, pronounced […].

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 38917, this pair ranks #1,551,171 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of us vs USK

Shared letters: su. Private to "us": -. Private to "USK": k.

"us" · 2 letters · shape VC · "USK" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "us" for "USK" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "us" is a pronoun and "USK" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "us" or "USK"?

"us" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #438 in our German list, against #38,479 for "USK". 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 "us" and "USK". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "us" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "USK" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,551,171 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"us" and "USK" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs USK". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,551,171 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.