# subject vs subset

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### subject
*adjective · IPA /ˈsʌb.d͡ʒɛkt/ · frequency rank #1,175*
Likely to be affected by or to experience something; liable.

### subset
*noun · IPA /ˈsʌbˌsɛt/ · frequency rank #14,427*
A set A such that every element of A is also an element of S.

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