How do you spell Suspicious?
Correct spelling
suspicious
SUSPIC + IOUS. Think: suspect.
Why is suspicious spelled this way?
From Latin suspicere, to look up at. SUB (under) + SPECERE (to look). Suspicion is looking from below — the upward glance of distrust, watching for threats from a position of vulnerability.
Common misspellings of suspicious
suspicoussuspisioussuspicicioussuspishious
Example
The police found the behavior suspicious.