# shh vs su

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### shh
*intj · IPA /ʃ̩ː/ · frequency rank #28,719*
Demanding silence.

### su
*noun · frequency rank #8,094*
Alternative form of xu (“former Vietnamese currency”).

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