Which to use
“us” is a pronoun and “USGS” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #95
- “us” frequency rank
- #27,015
- “USGS” frequency rank
- 27110
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | us | USGS |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Me and at least one other person, excluding the person(s) being addressed. (exclusive us.) | Initialism of United States Geological Survey. |
Letter map: us vs USGS
Shared letters muted; letters that set us and USGS apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for us / USGS
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: us is apronoun and USGSaname. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “us” sits inside “USGS”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27110, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
us is recorded at frequency rank #95, classified as apron, pronounced /əs/. USGS is at rank #27,015, tagged as aname.
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 27110, this pair ranks #381,526 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of us vs USGS
Shared letters: su. Private to "us": -. Private to "USGS": g.
"us" · 2 letters · shape VC · "USGS" · 4 letters · shape VCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- USGS ← sugs · ugss · usggs · usgss · ussg · ussgs
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "us" for "USGS" ever safe?
Frequency check: "us" vs "USGS" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "us" and "USGS". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "us" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "USGS" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #381,526 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "us" and "USGS" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "UAS vs USGS". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #381,526 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.