# USS vs UW

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### USS
*noun · frequency rank #16,157*
Initialism of United States Ship.

### 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/uss-vs-uw