Sus
"sus" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Sus” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #27,667) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #27,667
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of Shush (“city in Khuzestan, Iran”).
Corpus desk
Index EN-sus · Sus · English
Sus · rank #27,667 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,667
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH supremely
Nearest frequency peer: supremely (-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 “Sus”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- stringer
stringer
72,338 corpus weight
- supremely
supremely
72,335 corpus weight
- Sus
Sus
72,334 corpus weight
- swami
swami
72,333 corpus weight
- swelled
swelled
72,332 corpus weight
- symbolize
symbolize
72,331 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “Sus” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #27,667 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “Sus”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Sus is neighbouring look-alikes ("SW", "SV", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun. Frequency #27,667 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Gloss: "Synonym of Shush (“city in Khuzestan, Iran”).".
Sus has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "SW", "SV", "Sy", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Persian سوس (sus), alternative form of شوش (šuš), from Middle Persian 𐭮𐭥𐭱𐭩 (sūš), from Old Persian 𐏂𐎢𐏁𐎠 (çūšā), from Elamite 𒀸𒋗𒊺𒂗 (šušen). Doublet of Susa and Shush. The correct English form is Sus, spelled S-U-S.
Definition
- 1Synonym of Shush (“city in Khuzestan, Iran”).
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian سوس (sus), alternative form of شوش (šuš), from Middle Persian 𐭮𐭥𐭱𐭩 (sūš), from Old Persian 𐏂𐎢𐏁𐎠 (çūšā), from Elamite 𒀸𒋗𒊺𒂗 (šušen). Doublet of Susa and Shush.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).