suceder
[suseˈð̞eɾ]
The verdict
“suceder” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #5,261 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #5,261
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Entrar en lugar de otra persona en un cargo o situación.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | suceder |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [suseˈð̞eɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #5,261 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “suceder” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for suceder is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [suseˈð̞eɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,261 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for suceder, with forms such as "scueder", "ssuceder", and "succeder". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "suéter", "sucedió", "sucesor", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is suceder, spelled S-U-C-E-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Entrar en lugar de otra persona en un cargo o situación.
- 2Entrar como heredero a poseer los bienes de un difunto.
- 3Descender, proceder, provenir.
- 4Dicho de un hecho: ir tras otro, en orden.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: scueder,ssuceder,succeder,sucdeer,sucedder,sucederr,sucedre,suceedr,suecder,suseder,usceder
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of suceder - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “suceder”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-U-C-E-D-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [suseˈð̞eɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “suéter” - see the side-by-side comparison. suceder vs suéter
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.