# ISS vs issue

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ISS
*name · frequency rank #16,055*
Initialism of International Space Station.

### issue
*noun · IPA /ˈɪʃuː/ · frequency rank #589*
The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow

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