suh

noun

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"suh" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“suh” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #30,248) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#30,248
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pronunciation spelling of sir, usually to suggest the speech of African-American slaves.

Corpus desk

Index EN-suh · suh · English

suh · rank #30,248 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,248
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH stunted

Nearest frequency peer: stunted (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Frequency neighbours of confusable “suh”

Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below

corpus weight

What this shows Bars place “suh” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

suh vs SW
0% similar
suh vs SV
0% similar
suh vs Sy
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for suh
PropertyValue
Headwordsuh
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#30,248
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus rank beside confusables of “suh”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).suhlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “stunted” (#30,247), “swastika” (#30,250), “symbolically” (#30,251). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “suh” is #30,248. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for suh is neighbouring look-alikes ("SW", "SV", …), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #30,248 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Gloss: "Pronunciation spelling of sir, usually to suggest the speech of African-American slaves.".

suh has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "SW", "SV", "Sy", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is suh, spelled S-U-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pronunciation spelling of sir, usually to suggest the speech of African-American slaves.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how suh appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. "Good-mawnin', suh," he said, lifting his cap politely.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "suh"?
"suh" is spelled S-U-H.
What does "suh" mean?
As a noun, "suh" means: Pronunciation spelling of sir, usually to suggest the speech of African-American slaves.
What words are commonly confused with "suh"?
"suh" is commonly confused with "SW", "SV", "Sy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "suh" come from?
"suh" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "suh", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

SSI#30,241tun#30,265Ath#30,322Ayn#30,328

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list