succ

verb

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"succ" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“succ” is uncommon English (frequency #65,540 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,540
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nonstandard spelling of suck.

Corpus desk

Index EN-succ · succ · English

succ · rank #65,540 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,540
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH subcontract

Nearest frequency peer: subcontract (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “succ”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “succ” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for succ
PropertyValue
Headwordsucc
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters4
Frequency rank#65,540
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “succ” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).succfalls in this rarity band:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “subcontract” (#65,539), “strudel” (#65,537), “storytime” (#65,535). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “succ” is #65,540. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

succ is uncommon English at frequency #65,540 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nonstandard spelling of suck.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for succ, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From suck + -cc. The correct English form is succ, spelled S-U-C-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nonstandard spelling of suck.

Etymology

From suck + -cc.

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "succ"?
"succ" is spelled S-U-C-C.
What does "succ" mean?
As a verb, "succ" means: Nonstandard spelling of suck.
What is the origin of the word "succ"?
From suck + -cc. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "succ", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tabi#65,551soju#65,515SMTP#65,510saic#65,476

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list