sus
/sʌs/noun, adjective, verb, interjection
sus is spelled S-U-S: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,462nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “sus vs suss” about 20 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, sus means “Suspicion (in terms of a sus law)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sus?
| Letters | 3: S-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,462nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How common is sus?
Sus appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,462nd 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 sus?
- /sʌs/
- /sʊs/
Sus has one syllable (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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-sus.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with sus
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: suss (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of sus
- more sus comparative
- susser comparative
- most sus superlative
- sussest superlative
- susses present, singular, he/she/it
- sussing participle, present
- sussed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sus mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKinformalSuspicion (in terms of a sus law).
adjective
- 1
Suspicious; having suspicions or questions.
- 2
Suspicious; raising or causing people to have suspicions.
- 3
Acting in a borderline sexually inappropriate way, causing others to "suspect" them of being sexually attracted to someone and trying to hide it.
That guy is always acting sus with the boys–are you sure he's not gay?
- 4
Abbreviation of suspended.
verb
- 1
To suspend an account on social media (almost exclusively Twitter/X).
yeah, the account posting offensive stuff got sussed.
interjection
- 1
A nonsense word commonly used in YouTube Poop by playing an audio clip forward and in reverse consecutively; said in reference to this editing style, and to describe palindromes and humorously symmetrized images.
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of sport utility sedan (“an AWD sedan with increased ground clearance and fatter knobbier tires”).
interjection
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of sus.
noun
- 1
plural of SU
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sus come from?
Clipping of suspicion. Compare suss out, suss.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).