sucedidosvssucesivosWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: sucedidos is a participle, sucesivos is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sucedidos” is a participle and “sucesivos” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#46,828
“sucedidos” frequency rank
#14,717
“sucesivos” frequency rank
61545
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sucedidos sucesivos
Definition Forma del plural de sucedido, participio de suceder. Forma del plural de sucesivo.

Where the eye mixes sucedidos and sucesivos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. sucedidos and sucesivos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
sucedidos
9 ch
sucesivos

Look-alike desk: sucedidos vs sucesivos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sucedidos is [suseˈð̞ið̞os] while sucesivos is [suseˈsiβ̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61545, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sucedidos is recorded at frequency rank #46,828, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [suseˈð̞ið̞os]. sucesivos is at rank #14,717, tagged as anadj, pronounced [suseˈsiβ̞os].

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 61545, this pair ranks #55,085 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of sucedidos vs sucesivos

Shared letters: ceiosu. Private to "sucedidos": d. Private to "sucesivos": v.

"sucedidos" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC  ·  "sucesivos" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sucedidos ← scuedidos · ssucedidos · succedidos · sucdeidos · suceddidos · suceddios · sucediddos · sucedidoss
  • sucesivos ← scuesivos · ssucesivos · succesivos · sucecivos · suceisvos · sucesibos · sucesiovs · sucesivoss

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "sucedidos" for "sucesivos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sucedidos" is a participle and "sucesivos" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "sucedidos" or "sucesivos"?
"sucesivos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,717 in our Spanish list, against #46,828 for "sucedidos". 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 "sucedidos" and "sucesivos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sucedidos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sucesivos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #55,085 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sucedidos" and "sucesivos" 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 #55,085 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