Which to use
“shut” is a verb and “suu” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,005
- “shut” frequency rank
- #49,960
- “suu” frequency rank
- 90965
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | shut | suu |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Refermer, fermer ce qui était ouvert, fermer. | Son. |
Letter map: shut vs suu
Shared letters muted; letters that set shut and suu apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. shut runs 4 letters (CCVC) against suu's 3 (CVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for shut / suu
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: shut is averb and suuanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90965, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
shut is recorded at frequency rank #41,005, classified as averb. suu is at rank #49,960, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ˈsuː\.
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 90965, this pair ranks #4,281 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of shut vs suu
Shared letters: su. Private to "shut": ht. Private to "suu": -.
"shut" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "suu" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- shut ← hsut · shhut · shtu · shutt · sshut · suht
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "shut" and "suu" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "shut" vs "suu" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "shut" and "suu".
- Full dictionary entry for "shut" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suu" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #4,281 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "shut" and "suu" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "SSR 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 #4,281 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.