UBSvsus'sWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: UBS is a name, us's is a contraction, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“UBS” is a name and “us's” is a contraction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,893
“UBS” frequency rank
#40,501
“us's” frequency rank
74394
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature UBS us's
Definition Union of Burma Ship. The designation of ships in the Burmese Navy. Contraction of us + is.

Letter map: UBS vs us's

Shared letters muted; letters that set UBS and us's apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
UBS
4 ch
us's

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: UBS is aname and us'sacontraction. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74394, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

UBS is recorded at frequency rank #33,893, classified as aname. us's is at rank #40,501, tagged as acontraction, pronounced /ˈʌsɪz/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 74394, this pair ranks #36,487 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of UBS vs us's

Shared letters: su. Private to "UBS": b. Private to "us's": -.

"UBS" · 3 letters · shape VCC  ·  "us's" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "UBS" and "us's" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "UBS" is a name and "us's" a contraction, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "UBS" or "us's"?
"UBS" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,893 in our English list, against #40,501 for "us's". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list