# Sus

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #27,667

## Definitions
1. Synonym 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.

## Easily confused with
- **SW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sus-vs-sw)
- **SV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sus-vs-sv)
- **Sy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sus-vs-sy)
- **SUV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sus-vs-suv)
- **Syd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sus-vs-syd)
- **syn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sus-vs-syn)
- **SVP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sus-vs-svp)
- **SVG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sus-vs-svg)
- **SUVs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sus-vs-suvs)
- **SXSW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sus-vs-sxsw)
- **Susan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sus-vs-susan)
- **sushi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sus-vs-sushi)
- **Susie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sus-vs-susie)
- **s** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/s-vs-sus)
- **so** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/so-vs-sus)
- **SA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sa-vs-sus)
- **se** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/se-vs-sus)
- **SC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sc-vs-sus)
- **SI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/si-vs-sus)
- **SS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ss-vs-sus)

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