# Ross vs RSS

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Ross
*name · IPA /ɹɔs/ · frequency rank #3,722*
An English and Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic derived from any of several places of that name, from Scottish Gaelic ros (“headland”).

### RSS
*name · frequency rank #15,496*
Initialism of Rich Site Summary / Really Simple Syndication (“mechanism to follow updates on other websites such as news, music, blogs, etc.”).

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