# ssh vs SST

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ssh
*name · frequency rank #24,914*
A program and protocol for securely logging in to and running programs on remote machines across a network, with encryption to protect the transferred information and authentication to ensure that the remote machine is the one desired.

### SST
*noun · frequency rank #43,385*
Initialism of supersonic transport.

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