# success

> English word · Noun · IPA /səkˈsɛs/ · frequency rank #935

## Definitions
1. The achievement of one's aim or goal.
2. Financial profitability.
3. One who, or that which, achieves assumed goals.
4. The fact of getting or achieving wealth, respect, or fame.
5. Something which happens as a consequence; the outcome or result.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin successus, from succēdō (“succeed”), from sub- (“next to”) + cēdō (“go, move”). Partly displaced native Old English spēd, whence Modern English speed.

## Easily confused with
- **successor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/success-vs-successor)
- **succeed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/succeed-vs-success)

## Common misspellings (7)
`scucess`, `ssuccess`, `succes`, `succses`, `sucecss`, `sucess`, `usccess`

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