Which to use
“us's” is a contraction and “USPS” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,501
- “us's” frequency rank
- #23,149
- “USPS” frequency rank
- 63650
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | us's | USPS |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Contraction of us + is. | Initialism of United States Postal Service. |
Where the eye mixes us's and USPS
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: us's is /ˈʌsɪz/ while USPS is /ˌju ɛs pi ˈɛs/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - ' in “us's” becomes p in “USPS”, and the parts of speech differ too (contraction vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63650, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
us's is recorded at frequency rank #40,501, classified as acontraction, pronounced /ˈʌsɪz/. USPS is at rank #23,149, tagged as aname, pronounced /ˌju ɛs pi ˈɛs/.
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 63650, this pair ranks #81,822 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of us's vs USPS
Shared letters: su. Private to "us's": -. Private to "USPS": p.
"us's" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "USPS" · 4 letters · shape VCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- USPS ← sups · upss · uspps · uspss · ussp · ussps