UFCvsusWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: UFC is a name, us is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“UFC” is a name and “us” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,999
“UFC” frequency rank
#95
“us” frequency rank
9094
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature UFC us
Definition Initialism of Ultimate Fighting Championship, an American mixed martial arts promotion company. Me and at least one other person, excluding the person(s) being addressed. (exclusive us.)

Letter map: UFC vs us

Shared letters muted; letters that set UFC and us apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
UFC
2 ch
us

Part-of-speech tell for UFC / us

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: UFC is aname and usapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9094, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

UFC is recorded at frequency rank #8,999, classified as aname. us is at rank #95, tagged as apron, pronounced /əs/.

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 9094, this pair ranks #499,118 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of UFC vs us

Shared letters: u. Private to "UFC": cf. Private to "us": s.

"UFC" · 3 letters · shape VCC  ·  "us" · 2 letters · shape VC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "UFC" and "us" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "UFC" is a name and "us" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "UFC" vs "us" - which ranks higher?
"us" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #95 in our English list, against #8,999 for "UFC". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "UFC" and "us". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "UFC" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "us" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #499,118 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "UFC" and "us" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "UAS vs UFC". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #499,118 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list