sucumbir
[sukũmˈbiɾ]
The verdict
“sucumbir” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #37,873 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #37,873
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rendirse o ceder ante una fuerza o deseo.
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 | sucumbir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [sukũmˈbiɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #37,873 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sucumbir” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for sucumbir is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [sukũmˈbiɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #37,873 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for sucumbir, with forms such as "scuumbir", "ssucumbir", and "succumbir". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "sucumbió", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is sucumbir, spelled S-U-C-U-M-B-I-R.
Definition
- 1Rendirse o ceder ante una fuerza o deseo.
- 2Llegar la vida a su fin, especialmente por causa de enfermedad o violencia.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: scuumbir,ssucumbir,succumbir,sucmubir,sucubmir,sucumbbir,sucumbirr,sucumbri,sucumibr,sucummbir,sucumvir,suucmbir,uscumbir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sucumbir - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “sucumbir”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-U-C-U-M-B-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [sukũmˈbiɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sucumbió” - see the side-by-side comparison. sucumbir vs sucumbió
- 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.