sui
/sweɪ/noun, verb
sui is spelled S-U-I: 3 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sui means “Clipping of suicide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sui is suis.
How many letters and syllables are in sui?
| Letters | 3: S-U-I |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,820th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is sui?
Sui appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sui?
- /sweɪ/
Sui has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with sui?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as sui.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: isu.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of sui
- suis plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- suiing participle, present
- suied participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sui mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Clipping of suicide.
verb
- 1
To commit a suicide attack.
I just suied one of the other team.
noun
- 1
Initialism of stress urinary incontinence.
noun
- 1
A member of an ethnic people living primarily in the Guizhou province of China, with around 430,000 people.
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to the Sui language or the Sui people.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sui come from?
From Mandarin 水族 (Shuǐzú) or Sui Suic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).