# suture

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈs(j)uː.tʃə/ · frequency rank #28,395

## Definitions
1. A seam formed by sewing two edges together, especially to join pieces of skin in surgically treating a wound.
2. Thread used to sew or stitch two edges (especially of skin) together.
3. An area where separate terrane join together along a major fault.
4. A type of fibrous joint bound together by Sharpey's fibres which only occurs in the skull.
5. A seam or line, such as that between the segments of a crustacean, between the whorls of a univalve shell, or where the elytra of a beetle meet.
6. The seam at the union of two margins in a plant.
7. The procedure by which a subject comes to be identified with its own representation, as in the identification of the speaker with the sign “I” within a certain discourse; (by extension) any process by which the content of something is determined or supplied from outside itself.

## Etymology
From Middle English suture, from Latin sūtūra (“suture”), from suere (“sew, join or tack together”) + -tūra (forms action nouns).

## Easily confused with
- **sure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sure-vs-suture)
- **store** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/store-vs-suture)
- **stare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stare-vs-suture)
- **sutra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sutra-vs-suture)
- **sturt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sturt-vs-suture)
- **Sturm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sturm-vs-suture)
- **secure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/secure-vs-suture)
- **suburb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/suburb-vs-suture)
- **satire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/satire-vs-suture)
- **Saturn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saturn-vs-suture)
- **stature** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stature-vs-suture)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ssuture`, `stuure`, `sutrue`, `sutture`, `sutuer`, `suturre`, `suutre`, `usture`

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