Susa
/ˈsuːzə/
"susa" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Susa” is uncommon English (frequency #67,871 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,871
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An ancient city, which became the capital of Elam, the Persian Empire, the Seleucid Empire and the Parthian Empire, now known as Shush in modern-day Khuzestan Province, Iran.
Corpus desk
Index EN-susa · Susa · English
Susa · rank #67,871 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,871
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH superfan
Nearest frequency peer: superfan (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Susa”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- sunless
sunless
32,132 corpus weight
- superfan
superfan
32,131 corpus weight
- Susa
Susa
32,130 corpus weight
- swathe
swathe
32,129 corpus weight
- synchronisa…
synchronisation
32,127 corpus weight
- synonymy
synonymy
32,126 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Susa” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Susa |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈsuːzə/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #67,871 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Susa” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Susa is uncommon English at frequency #67,871 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈsuːzə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An ancient city, which became the capital of Elam, the Persian Empire, the Seleucid Empire and the Parthian Empire, now known as Shush in modern-day Khuzestan Province, Iran.".
Susa doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Sūsa, from Ancient Greek Σοῦσα (Soûsa), from Old Persian 𐏂𐎢𐏁𐎠 (çūšā), from Elamite 𒀸𒋗𒊺𒂗 (šušen). Doublet of Sus and Shush. The correct English form is Susa, spelled S-U-S-A.
Definition
- 1An ancient city, which became the capital of Elam, the Persian Empire, the Seleucid Empire and the Parthian Empire, now known as Shush in modern-day Khuzestan Province, Iran.
Etymology
From Latin Sūsa, from Ancient Greek Σοῦσα (Soûsa), from Old Persian 𐏂𐎢𐏁𐎠 (çūšā), from Elamite 𒀸𒋗𒊺𒂗 (šušen). Doublet of Sus and Shush.
This word in other languages
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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