successor
/səkˈsɛsɚ/noun
successor is spelled S-U-C-C-E-S-S-O-R: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 9.8 times per million words in written English, the 7,224th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, successor means “A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of successor is successors.
How many letters and syllables are in successor?
| Letters | 9: S-U-C-C-E-S-S-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 9.8 times per million words; the 7,224th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is successor?
Successor appears 9.8 times per million words in written English, the 7,224th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce successor?
- UK /səkˈsɛsə/
- US /səkˈsɛsɚ/
- /səˈsɛsɚ/
Successor has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q7979-Soundguys-successor.wav, En-us-successor.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with successor?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as successor from its last stressed vowel (/ɛsəɹ/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of successor
- successors plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does successor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
George W. Bush was successor to Bill Clinton as President of the US.
- 2
The next heir in order or succession.
- 3
A person who inherits a title or office.
- 4
The integer, ordinal number or cardinal number immediately following another.
A limit ordinal is not the successor of any ordinal.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate successor?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of successor: succ.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Successor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | successeur, successeuse, successrice |
| German | Nachfolger, Nachfolgerin , Erbe, Erbin |
| Portuguese | sucessor, sucessora |
| Spanish | sucesor, sucesora, postremo, causahabiente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does successor come from?
From Anglo-Norman successour, from Latin successor.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).