# cups vs cuz

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### cups
*noun · IPA /kʌps/ · frequency rank #5,952*
plural of cup

### cuz
*adverb · IPA /kʌz/ · frequency rank #8,407*
Informal spelling of 'cause (“because”).

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