sucedevssucederáConfusable pair

Which to use

“sucede” and “sucederá” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,963
“sucede” frequency rank
#15,727
“sucederá” frequency rank
17690
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sucede sucederá
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de suceder. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de suceder.

Where the eye mixes sucede and sucederá

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

6 ch
sucede
8 ch
sucederá

Look-alike desk: sucede vs sucederá

A purely visual mix-up. sucede ([suˈseð̞e]) and sucederá ([suseð̞eˈɾa]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “sucede” sits inside “sucederá”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17690, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sucede is recorded at frequency rank #1,963, classified as averb, pronounced [suˈseð̞e]. sucederá is at rank #15,727, tagged as averb, pronounced [suseð̞eˈɾa].

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 17690, this pair ranks #271,106 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of sucede vs sucederá

Shared letters: cdesu. Private to "sucede": -. Private to "sucederá": .

"sucede" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "sucederá" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sucedescuede · ssucede · succede · sucdee · sucedde · suceed · suecde · susede

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "sucede" for "sucederá" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([suˈseð̞e] versus [suseð̞eˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "sucede" vs "sucederá" - which ranks higher?
"sucede" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,963 in our Spanish list, against #15,727 for "sucederá". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "sucede" and "sucederá" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sucede" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sucederá" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #271,106 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sucede" and "sucederá" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sucederá vs sudadera". 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 #271,106 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list