suits vs Sus, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#4,719
“suits” frequency rank: #27,667
“Sus” frequency rank: 32386
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	suits	Sus
Definition	plural of suit	Synonym of Shush (“city in Khuzestan, Iran”).

Letter map: suits vs Sus

Shared letters muted; letters that set suits and Sus apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch

suits

3 ch

Sus

Role in the sentence - suits and Sus

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: suits is anoun and Susaname. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32386, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

suits is recorded at frequency rank #4,719, classified as anoun, pronounced /s(j)uːts/. 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 32386, this pair ranks #338,222 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of suits vs Sus

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

"suits" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "Sus" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

suits ← siuts · ssuits · suist · suitss · suitts · sutis · usits

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "suits" for "Sus" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "suits" is a noun and "Sus" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "suits" vs "Sus" - which ranks higher?

"suits" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,719 in our English list, against #27,667 for "Sus". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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Full dictionary entry for "suits" 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 #338,222 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"suits" 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 #338,222 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.