# used vs USGS

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### used
*verb · IPA /juːzd/ · frequency rank #156*
simple past and past participle of use

### USGS
*name · frequency rank #27,015*
Initialism of United States Geological Survey.

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