suss
/sʌs/noun, adjective, verb
suss is spelled S-U-S-S: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,714th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “sus vs suss” about 20 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, suss means “Alternative form of soss (“miry place”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of suss is susses.
How many letters and syllables are in suss?
| Letters | 4: S-U-S-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 58,714th 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 suss?
Suss appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,714th 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 suss?
- /sʌs/
- /sʊs/
Suss 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)-Vealhurl-suss.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with suss
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: sus (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 suss
- susses plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- sus
- more suss comparative
- most suss superlative
- 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 suss mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of soss (“miry place”).
- 2
UKSuspicious behaviour; the act of loitering with intent.
- 3
UKSocial nous.
adjective
- 1
AustraliaUKUScolloquialSuspicious; suspect.
verb
- 1
AustraliaUKTo discover, infer or figure out.
- 2
AustraliaUKTo study or size up, to check out (examine).
- 3
UKobsoleteTo arrest for suspicious behaviour.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).