Which to use
“sucedido” and “sucedió” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,882
- “sucedido” frequency rank
- #2,807
- “sucedió” frequency rank
- 6689
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sucedido | sucedió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de suceder. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de suceder. |
Where the eye mixes sucedido and sucedió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. sucedido runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against sucedió's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between sucedido and sucedió
A purely visual mix-up. sucedido ([suseˈð̞ið̞o]) and sucedió ([suseˈð̞jo]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6689, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sucedido is recorded at frequency rank #3,882, classified as averb, pronounced [suseˈð̞ið̞o]. sucedió is at rank #2,807, tagged as averb, pronounced [suseˈð̞jo].
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 6689, this pair ranks #310,061 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sucedido vs sucedió
Shared letters: cdeisu. Private to "sucedido": o. Private to "sucedió": ó.
"sucedido" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "sucedió" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- sucedido ← scuedido · ssucedido · succedido · sucdeido · suceddido · suceddio · sucediddo · sucediod
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sucedido" for "sucedió" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "sucedido" or "sucedió" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "sucedido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sucedió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #310,061 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sucedido" and "sucedió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sucedido vs sucedidos". 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 #310,061 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.