Which to use
“sous” and “su” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,213
- “sous” frequency rank
- #8,094
- “su” frequency rank
- 33307
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sous | su |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of sou | Alternative form of xu (“former Vietnamese currency”). |
Letter map: sous vs su
Shared letters muted; letters that set sous and su apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Corpus notes: sous and su
sous and su are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33307, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sous is recorded at frequency rank #25,213, classified as anoun, pronounced /suːz/. su is at rank #8,094, tagged as anoun.
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 33307, this pair ranks #330,587 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sous vs su
Shared letters: su. Private to "sous": o. Private to "su": -.
"sous" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "su" · 2 letters · shape CV
Known mistypes of this pair
- sous ← osus · sosu · souss · ssous · suos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sous" for "su" ever safe?
Frequency check: "sous" vs "su" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "sous" and "su". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "sous" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "su" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #330,587 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sous" and "su" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sous vs suds". 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 #330,587 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.