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How to spell sue

Sue is spelled S-U-E.

hear itsue/su/nounLong vowels

What it means: A girl's name.

In a sentence: Sue has a blue hat.

Same family: French writer, novelist, author, serial novelist, nineteenth‑century writer. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: This Sue is Eugène Sue, a French novelist whose surname is used in English reference works as a short form. He became famous across Europe with his serialized novel “Les Mystères de Paris,” which revealed the hidden, often shocking, life of the city’s poor.

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