Which to use
“sucedan” and “sucedía” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,265
- “sucedan” frequency rank
- #15,728
- “sucedía” frequency rank
- 45993
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sucedan | sucedía |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de suceder. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de suceder. |
Where the eye mixes sucedan and sucedía
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. sucedan (CVCVCVC) and sucedía (CVCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between sucedan and sucedía
A purely visual mix-up. sucedan ([suˈseð̞ãn]) and sucedía ([suseˈð̞ia]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45993, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sucedan is recorded at frequency rank #30,265, classified as averb, pronounced [suˈseð̞ãn]. sucedía is at rank #15,728, tagged as averb, pronounced [suseˈð̞ia].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 45993, this pair ranks #128,295 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sucedan vs sucedía
Shared letters: acdesu. Private to "sucedan": n. Private to "sucedía": í.
"sucedan" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "sucedía" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- sucedan ← scuedan · ssucedan · succedan · sucdean · suceadn · sucedann · suceddan · sucedna
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sucedan" for "sucedía" ever safe?
Frequency check: "sucedan" vs "sucedía" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "sucedan" and "sucedía" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sucedan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sucedía" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #128,295 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sucedan" and "sucedía" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sucedan vs sujetan". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #128,295 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.