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The verdict

“sus” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #7,578 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an interjection.

#7,578
frequency rank, Portuguese
3
letters
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - interjeição que demonstra impaciência (século XVI)

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sus vs SW
0% similar
sus vs suu
67% similar
sus vs susto
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sus
PropertyValue
Headwordsus
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechInterjection
Letters3
Frequency rank#7,578
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sus” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sus lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for sus is 3 letters long, classified as an interjection. Corpus data places it at rank #7,578 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "interjeição que demonstra impaciência (século XVI)".

sus has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "SW", "suu", "susto", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is sus, spelled S-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    interjeição que demonstra impaciência (século XVI)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sus"?
"sus" is spelled S-U-S.
What does "sus" mean?
As an interjection, "sus" means: interjeição que demonstra impaciência (século XVI)
What words are commonly confused with "sus"?
"sus" is commonly confused with "SW", "suu", "susto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "sus" come from?
"sus" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “sus”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “SW” - see the side-by-side comparison. sus vs SW
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list