# susto

> Portuguese word · Noun · IPA /ˈsuʃ.tu/ · frequency rank #8,693

## Definitions
1. sobressalto causado por evento não esperado; surpresa vigorosa e momentânea

## Easily confused with
- **sus** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/sus-vs-susto)
- **suco** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/suco-vs-susto)
- **sujo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/sujo-vs-susto)
- **sumo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/sumo-vs-susto)
- **sito** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/sito-vs-susto)
- **santo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/santo-vs-susto)
- **salto** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/salto-vs-susto)
- **solto** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/solto-vs-susto)
- **sexto** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/sexto-vs-susto)
- **Sudão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/sudao-vs-susto)
- **surto** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/surto-vs-susto)
- **sueco** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/sueco-vs-susto)
- **suado** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/suado-vs-susto)
- **sismo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/sismo-vs-susto)
- **suíno** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/suino-vs-susto)
- **sulco** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/sulco-vs-susto)
- **sueño** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/sueno-vs-susto)
- **súbito** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/subito-vs-susto)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ssusto`, `ssuto`, `susot`, `sussto`, `sustto`, `sutso`, `ussto`

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