# Sulu

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /sʊˈlu/ · frequency rank #37,718

## Definitions
1. A province of Mindanao, Philippines. Capital: Jolo & Patikul.
2. Sulu Archipelago (an archipelago of Mindanao, Philippines)
3. the Sultanate of Sulu
4. Tausug language

## Etymology
From Spanish Sulu/Sulú, from Tausug Sulug (“Sulu”), an older form of Sūg (“Sulu”), possibly from Tausug sulug, an older form of sūg (“current”). Compare Maranao Solog, Malay Suluk, Hokkien 蘇祿 /苏禄 (So͘-lo̍k).

## Easily confused with
- **sun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sulu-vs-sun)
- **sum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sulu-vs-sum)
- **SUV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sulu-vs-suv)
- **sup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sulu-vs-sup)
- **Sus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sulu-vs-sus)
- **sure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sulu-vs-sure)
- **sung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sulu-vs-sung)
- **sums** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sulu-vs-sums)
- **surf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sulu-vs-surf)
- **sunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sulu-vs-sunk)
- **suns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sulu-vs-suns)
- **sumo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sulu-vs-sumo)
- **SUVs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sulu-vs-suvs)
- **SUNY** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sulu-vs-suny)
- **supp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sulu-vs-supp)
- **sump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sulu-vs-sump)
- **sura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sulu-vs-sura)
- **surly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sulu-vs-surly)
- **su** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/su-vs-sulu)
- **SL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sl-vs-sulu)

## Common misspellings (5)
`sluu`, `ssulu`, `sullu`, `suul`, `uslu`

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