# fuss

> English word · Noun · IPA /fʌs/ · frequency rank #12,606

## Definitions
1. Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something.
2. A complaint or noise; a scene.
3. An exhibition of affection or admiration.

## Etymology
Of unknown origin. Perhaps from Danish fjas (“nonsense”), from Middle Low German (compare German faseln (“to maunder, talk nonsense”)). Compare also fouse (“to hasten, rush, tumble, disarrange”).

## Easily confused with
- **fut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fuss-vs-fut)
- **fuzz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fuss-vs-fuzz)
- **fussy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fuss-vs-fussy)
- **fu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fu-vs-fuss)
- **FS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fs-vs-fuss)
- **fun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fun-vs-fuss)
- **fur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fur-vs-fuss)
- **FFS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ffs-vs-fuss)
- **FSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fsa-vs-fuss)
- **fas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fas-vs-fuss)
- **FBS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fbs-vs-fuss)
- **FSB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fsb-vs-fuss)
- **FES** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fes-vs-fuss)
- **FIS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fis-vs-fuss)
- **full** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/full-vs-fuss)
- **fuck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fuck-vs-fuss)
- **fast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fast-vs-fuss)
- **fans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fans-vs-fuss)
- **fish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fish-vs-fuss)
- **fund** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fund-vs-fuss)

## Common misspellings (4)
`ffuss`, `fsus`, `fus`, `ufss`

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