# SSE vs STR

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### SSE
*name · frequency rank #28,386*
Initialism of Streaming SIMD Extensions, an extension to the x86 CPU instruction set architecture.

### STR
*noun · frequency rank #20,507*
Initialism of short tandem repeat.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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