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ss

noun, adjective

ss is spelled S-S: 2 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 6,047th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ss means “plural of s” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ss is *sses.

How many letters and syllables are in ss?

Letters2: S-S
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing13 times per million words; the 6,047th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is ss?

Ss appears 13 times per million words in written English, the 6,047th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce ss?

    Ss has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Forms of ss

    • *sses plural

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does ss mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    noun

    1. 1

      plural of s (a form of s)

    2. 2

      Abbreviation of screenshot.

    noun

    as SS
    1. 1

      Abbreviation of Saints.

    2. 2

      Initialism of social security.

    3. 3

      Initialism of secret service.

    4. 4

      Initialism of spousal support.

    5. 5

      Initialism of stainless steel.

      Near-synonym: CRES

    6. 6

      Initialism of steamship.

    7. 7

      Initialism of screw steamer (a screw-driven steamship)

    8. 8

      USA conventionally-powered submarine

    adjective

    as SS
    1. 1

      Initialism of Subsaharan.

    noun

    as Ss
    1. 1

      plural of S (a form of S)

    adjective

    1. 1

      Abbreviation of single-stranded.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Where does ss come from?

    Abbreviations.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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