# POTUS

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpəʊ.təs/ · frequency rank #24,550

## Definitions
1. Acronym of President of the United States.

## Etymology
Phillips Code abbreviation, 1895. In more common usage since the 1990s.

## Easily confused with
- **PTS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/potus-vs-pts)
- **pus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/potus-vs-pus)
- **puts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/potus-vs-puts)
- **pour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/potus-vs-pour)
- **pout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/potus-vs-pout)
- **Prius** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/potus-vs-prius)
- **Powys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/potus-vs-powys)
- **Proteus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/potus-vs-proteus)
- **pot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pot-vs-potus)
- **pos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pos-vs-potus)
- **plus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/plus-vs-potus)
- **pets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pets-vs-potus)
- **pops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pops-vs-potus)
- **pots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pots-vs-potus)
- **pits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pits-vs-potus)
- **pods** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pods-vs-potus)
- **pats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pats-vs-potus)
- **pons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pons-vs-potus)
- **posts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/posts-vs-potus)
- **poems** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poems-vs-potus)

## Common misspellings (7)
`optus`, `potsu`, `pottus`, `potuss`, `pouts`, `ppotus`, `ptous`

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