Which to use
“shut” is a verb and “suc” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,005
- “shut” frequency rank
- #44,755
- “suc” frequency rank
- 85760
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | shut | suc |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Refermer, fermer ce qui était ouvert, fermer. | Liquide organique animal. |
Letter map: shut vs suc
Shared letters muted; letters that set shut and suc apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. shut runs 4 letters (CCVC) against suc's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for shut / suc
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: shut is averb and sucanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85760, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
shut is recorded at frequency rank #41,005, classified as averb. suc is at rank #44,755, tagged as anoun, pronounced \syk\.
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 85760, this pair ranks #10,790 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of shut vs suc
Shared letters: su. Private to "shut": ht. Private to "suc": c.
"shut" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "suc" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- shut ← hsut · shhut · shtu · shutt · sshut · suht
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "shut" and "suc" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "shut" or "suc" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "shut" vs "suc" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "shut" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suc" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #10,790 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "shut" and "suc" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suc vs suu". 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 #10,790 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.