Which to use
“Hus” is a name and “hush” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,702
- “Hus” frequency rank
- #15,629
- “hush” frequency rank
- 58331
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Hus | hush |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A surname from Czech, notably borne by Jan Hus, a Czech religious reformer. | To become quiet. |
Letter map: Hus vs hush
Shared letters muted; letters that set Hus and hush apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for Hus / hush
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Hus is aname and hushaverb. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Hus” sits inside “hush”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58331, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Hus is recorded at frequency rank #42,702, classified as aname. hush is at rank #15,629, tagged as averb, pronounced /hʌʃ/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 58331, this pair ranks #113,285 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Hus vs hush
Shared letters: hsu. Private to "Hus": -. Private to "hush": -.
"Hus" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "hush" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- hush ← hhush · hsuh · huhs · hushh · hussh · uhsh
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Hus" for "hush" ever safe?
Which is more common, "Hus" or "hush"?
What to do next
You've compared "Hus" and "hush". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Hus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hush" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #113,285 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Hus" and "hush" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "humps vs Hus". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #113,285 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.