# us vs UW

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### us
*pronoun · IPA /əs/ · frequency rank #95*
Me and at least one other person, excluding the person(s) being addressed. (exclusive us.)

### UW
*noun · IPA /ˌjuˈdʌb/ · frequency rank #21,693*
Initialism of underwriter.

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