susvssuyoConfusable pair

Quick tell: sus is a intj, suyo is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sus” is an intj and “suyo” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#32
“sus” frequency rank
#2,426
“suyo” frequency rank
2458
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sus suyo
Definition Se emplea para avivar, infundir ánimo e incitar a la acción rápida y con vigor. Pronombre posesivo de tercera persona en género masculino y femenino y ambos números singular y plural.

Where the eye mixes sus and suyo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

3 ch
sus
4 ch
suyo

Look-alike desk: sus vs suyo

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sus is [sus] while suyo is [ˈsuʝo]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (intj vs pronoun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2458, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sus is recorded at frequency rank #32, classified as anintj, pronounced [sus]. suyo is at rank #2,426, tagged as apron, pronounced [ˈsuʝo].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 2458, this pair ranks #320,283 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of sus vs suyo

Shared letters: su. Private to "sus": -. Private to "suyo": oy.

"sus" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "suyo" · 4 letters · shape CVVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • suyossuyo · suoy · suyyo · syuo · usyo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "sus" and "suyo" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sus" is an intj and "suyo" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "sus" or "suyo"?
"sus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32 in our Spanish list, against #2,426 for "suyo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "sus" and "suyo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suyo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #320,283 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sus" and "suyo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Susa vs suyo". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #320,283 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list