# SS

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #6,101

## Definitions
1. Abbreviation of Saints.
2. Initialism of social security.
3. Initialism of secret service or Secret Service.
4. Initialism of spousal support.
5. Initialism of stainless steel.
6. A shiptype
7. A shiptype
8. A shiptype
9. A shiptype
10. NATO prefix-code for surface-to-surface missiles developed by the Soviet Union
11. Initialism of shortstop.
12. Initialism of screenshot.
13. Initialism of sum of squares.
14. Initialism of Segawa syndrome.
15. Initialism of side seam.
16. Initialism of spring/summer, often followed by a year.

## Easily confused with
- **su** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ss-vs-su)
- **SW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ss-vs-sw)
- **SV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ss-vs-sv)
- **Sy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ss-vs-sy)
- **sun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ss-vs-sun)
- **sub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ss-vs-sub)
- **sum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ss-vs-sum)
- **sue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ss-vs-sue)
- **SUV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ss-vs-suv)
- **sup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ss-vs-sup)
- **STD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ss-vs-std)
- **STA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ss-vs-sta)
- **STR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ss-vs-str)
- **STS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ss-vs-sts)
- **Stu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ss-vs-stu)
- **SSD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ss-vs-ssd)
- **ssh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ss-vs-ssh)
- **Syd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ss-vs-syd)
- **STI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ss-vs-sti)
- **Sus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ss-vs-sus)

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