Susa

[zuːza]

/[zuːza]/ name

The verdict

“Susa” is uncommon German (frequency #79,801 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,801
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die frühere Hauptstadt des altorientalischen Reiches Elam am Fluss Kercha, in der antiken Region Susiana

Corpus desk

Index DE-susa · Susa · German

Susa · rank #79,801 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,801
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH survive

Nearest frequency peer: survive (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Susa“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Susa“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Susa
PropertyValue
HeadwordSusa
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[zuːza]
Letters4
Frequency rank#79,801
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Susa“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Susafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „survive“ (#79,800), „Sutra“ (#79,802), „Swami“ (#79,804). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „Susa“ bei #79,801. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Susa is uncommon German at frequency #79,801 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [zuːza]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die frühere Hauptstadt des altorientalischen Reiches Elam am Fluss Kercha, in der antiken Region Susiana".

Zero misspellings are on record for Susa in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Susa, spelled S-U-S-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    die frühere Hauptstadt des altorientalischen Reiches Elam am Fluss Kercha, in der antiken Region Susiana

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 331 v. Chr. wurde Susa von Alexander dem Großen erobert.
  2. Susa ist heute eine persische Ruinenstätte.

This word in other languages

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Susa"?
"Susa" is spelled S-U-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is [zuːza].
What does "Susa" mean?
As a proper noun, "Susa" means: die frühere Hauptstadt des altorientalischen Reiches Elam am Fluss Kercha, in der antiken Region Susiana
How do you pronounce "Susa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Susa" is [zuːza]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Susa" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list