Susanna

name

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"susanna" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Susanna” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,988. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,988
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from Hebrew.

Corpus desk

Index EN-susanna · Susanna · English

Susanna · rank #26,988 · 8 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,988
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH surgically

Nearest frequency peer: surgically (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Susanna”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Susanna” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Susanna vs Suzanne
71% similar
Susanna vs Susanne
86% similar
Susanna vs Susannah
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Susanna
PropertyValue
HeadwordSusanna
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#26,988
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Susanna”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Susannalands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “surgically” (#26,987), “sympathize” (#26,990), “sumo” (#26,985). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “Susanna” is #26,988. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Susanna, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #26,988 among 6,566 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Susanna, with forms such as "ssuanna", "ssusanna", and "suasnna". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Suzanne", "Susanne", "Susannah", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Ancient Greek Σουσάννα (Sousánna), the New Testament form of Hebrew שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (šōšannā, “lily”). The correct English form is Susanna, spelled S-U-S-A-N-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A female given name from Hebrew.
  2. 2
    A follower of Jesus (Luke 8:3)
  3. 3
    A book of the Apocrypha.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σουσάννα (Sousánna), the New Testament form of Hebrew שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (šōšannā, “lily”).

This word in other languages

Susana(Español)Suzanne(Français)Susanna(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ssuanna
  • ssusanna
  • suasnna
  • susana
  • susanan
  • susnana
  • sussanna
  • ussanna

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Susanna - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ssuanna2ssusanna1suasnna2susana1susanan2susnana2sussanna1ussanna2
Edit distance from "Susanna"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Susanna"?
"Susanna" is spelled S-U-S-A-N-N-A.
What does "Susanna" mean?
As a proper noun, "Susanna" means: A female given name from Hebrew.
What words are commonly confused with "Susanna"?
"Susanna" is commonly confused with "Suzanne", "Susanne", "Susannah". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "Susanna"?
From Ancient Greek Σουσάννα (Sousánna), the New Testament form of Hebrew שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (šōšannā, “lily”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Susanna", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tagline#26,992succumb#26,982thirdly#26,995solicit#26,968

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

subdue8 variantsTrish8 variantssoared8 variantssaucer8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list