# suspicious

> English word · Adjective · IPA /səˈspɪʃ.əs/ · frequency rank #6,189

## Definitions
1. Arousing suspicion.
2. Distrustful or tending to suspect.
3. Expressing suspicion

## Etymology
From Old French sospecious, from Latin suspiciosus, suspitiosus.

## Easily confused with
- **suspiciously** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suspicious-vs-suspiciously)
- **suspicion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suspicion-vs-suspicious)
- **suspicions** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suspicions-vs-suspicious)

## Common misspellings (14)
`ssupicious`, `ssuspicious`, `supsicious`, `susipcious`, `suspciious`, `suspiccious`, `suspiciosu`, `suspiciouss`, `suspiciuos`, `suspicoius`, `suspiicous`, `susppicious`, `susspicious`, `usspicious`

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