URSS

\y ɛ.ʁ‿ɛ.s‿ɛs\

/\y ɛ.ʁ‿ɛ.s‿ɛs\/ name

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The verdict

“URSS” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #6,906) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#6,906
frequency rank, French
456
“U” headwords
2
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État fédéral composé de quinze républiques socialistes soviétiques (15 RSS) qui a existé de 1922 jusqu’à sa dissolution en 1991.

Corpus desk

Index FR-urss · URSS · French

URSS · rank #6,906 · 2 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,906
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 2 variants
  • BOOK-MID 456
  • PHOTO-FINISH turcs

Nearest frequency peer: turcs (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « URSS »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « URSS » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

URSS vs USA
50% similar
URSS vs USB
50% similar
URSS vs usé
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for URSS
PropertyValue
HeadwordURSS
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\y ɛ.ʁ‿ɛ.s‿ɛs\
Letters4
Frequency rank#6,906
Misspellings tracked2
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « URSS »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).URSSse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « turcs » (#6,905), « valise » (#6,907), « traversée » (#6,904). Parmi 456 lemmes en « U », « URSS » est au #6,906. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for URSS is neighbouring look-alikes ("USA", "USB", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun pronounced \y ɛ.ʁ‿ɛ.s‿ɛs\. Frequency #6,906 among 456 “U” headwords. Gloss: "État fédéral composé de quinze républiques socialistes soviétiques (15 RSS) qui a existé de 1922 jusqu’à sa dissolution en 1991.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 2 likely wrong-spelling variants for URSS, including "urrss" and "usrs". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "USA", "USB", "usé", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is URSS, spelled U-R-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    État fédéral composé de quinze républiques socialistes soviétiques (15 RSS) qui a existé de 1922 jusqu’à sa dissolution en 1991.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how URSS appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il y a en URSS environ 50 000 grandes entreprises industrielles d'État, près de 31 500 exploitations coopératives de paysans ou kolkhozes, et 16 000 entreprises agricoles d'État ou sovkhozes.
  2. En 1931, le Gouvernement de l’URSS, par l'entremise d'un Comité pour la Construction du Palais des Soviets, faisait appel à la collaboration mondiale en ouvrant un concours international destiné à fournir les plans de construction du Palais.

Synonyms

CCCPUnion soviétiqueUnion SoviétiqueUnion des républiques socialistes soviétiques

This word in other languages

USSR(English)URSS(Español)UdSSR(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • urrss
  • usrs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of URSS - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

urrss1usrs2
Edit distance from "URSS"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "URSS"?
"URSS" is spelled U-R-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is \y ɛ.ʁ‿ɛ.s‿ɛs\.
What does "URSS" mean?
As a proper noun, "URSS" means: État fédéral composé de quinze républiques socialistes soviétiques (15 RSS) qui a existé de 1922 jusqu’à sa dissolution en 1991.
What words are commonly confused with "URSS"?
"URSS" is commonly confused with "USA", "USB", "usé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "URSS"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "URSS" is \y ɛ.ʁ‿ɛ.s‿ɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "URSS" come from?
"URSS" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "URSS", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

visé#6,909what#6,911soie#6,891boys#6,933

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list