# posse vs psst

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### posse
*noun · IPA /ˈpɒs.i/ · frequency rank #23,072*
A group or company of people, originally especially one having hostile intent; a throng, a crowd.

### psst
*intj · IPA /psːː(t)/ · frequency rank #38,565*
Implies that the speaker is sending secret or whispered information to another person.

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