sucumbe
[suˈkũmbe]
The verdict
“sucumbe” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #57,412 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,412
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de sucumbir.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sucumbe · sucumbe · Spanish
sucumbe · rank #57,412 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,412
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH substancial
Nearest frequency peer: substancial (-2 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “sucumbe”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- suavizado
suavizado
42,593 corpus weight
- subrogada
subrogada
42,592 corpus weight
- substancial
substancial
42,591 corpus weight
- sucumbe
sucumbe
42,589 corpus weight
- surcoreanos
surcoreanos
42,587 corpus weight
- suspenderse
suspenderse
42,586 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sucumbe” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sucumbe |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [suˈkũmbe] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,412 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “sucumbe” en español
Rare enough to double-check
sucumbe is uncommon Spanish at frequency #57,412 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [suˈkũmbe]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
sucumbe has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is sucumbe, spelled S-U-C-U-M-B-E.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de sucumbir.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de sucumbir.
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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