# shush

> English word · Verb · IPA /ʃʊʃ/ · frequency rank #39,562

## Definitions
1. To be quiet; to keep quiet.
2. To ask someone to be quiet, especially by saying shh.

## Etymology
Imitative. Compare shh and hush.

## Easily confused with
- **ssh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shush-vs-ssh)
- **Sus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shush-vs-sus)
- **suh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shush-vs-suh)
- **such** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shush-vs-such)
- **shut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shush-vs-shut)
- **sous** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shush-vs-sous)
- **south** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shush-vs-south)
- **smash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shush-vs-smash)
- **sushi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shush-vs-sushi)
- **slash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shush-vs-slash)
- **stash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shush-vs-stash)
- **shuts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shush-vs-shuts)
- **slush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shush-vs-slush)
- **swish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shush-vs-swish)
- **Sousa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shush-vs-sousa)
- **squash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shush-vs-squash)
- **squish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shush-vs-squish)
- **shh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shh-vs-shush)
- **shah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shah-vs-shush)
- **shun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shun-vs-shush)

## Common misspellings (8)
`hsush`, `shhush`, `shsuh`, `shuhs`, `shushh`, `shussh`, `sshush`, `suhsh`

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