suitvsSusTell them apart

Quick tell: suit is a noun, Sus is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“suit” is a noun and “Sus” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,055
“suit” frequency rank
#27,667
“Sus” frequency rank
29722
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature suit Sus
Definition A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman. Synonym of Shush (“city in Khuzestan, Iran”).

Letter map: suit vs Sus

Shared letters muted; letters that set suit and Sus apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
suit
3 ch
Sus

Grammar separator: suit vs Sus

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: suit is anoun and Susaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29722, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

suit is recorded at frequency rank #2,055, classified as anoun, pronounced /sjuːt/. Sus is at rank #27,667, tagged as aname.

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 29722, this pair ranks #360,606 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of suit vs Sus

Shared letters: su. Private to "suit": it. Private to "Sus": -.

"suit" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "Sus" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • suitsiut · ssuit · suitt · suti · usit

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "suit" for "Sus" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "suit" is a noun and "Sus" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "suit" vs "Sus" - which ranks higher?
"suit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,055 in our English list, against #27,667 for "Sus". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "suit" vs "Sus" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "suit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Sus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #360,606 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "suit" and "Sus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sura vs Sus". 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 #360,606 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list