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

#6,464
“sucesión” frequency rank
#10,078
“supresión” frequency rank
16542
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sucesión supresión
Definition Acción o efecto de suceder. Acción o efecto de suprimir

Where the eye mixes sucesión and supresión

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. sucesión runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against supresión's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
sucesión
9 ch
supresión

Visual trap between sucesión and supresión

A purely visual mix-up. sucesión ([suseˈsjõn]) and supresión ([supɾeˈsjõn]) 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 16542, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sucesión is recorded at frequency rank #6,464, classified as anoun, pronounced [suseˈsjõn]. supresión is at rank #10,078, tagged as anoun, pronounced [supɾeˈsjõn].

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 16542, this pair ranks #275,733 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of sucesión vs supresión

Shared letters: einsuó. Private to "sucesión": c. Private to "supresión": pr.

"sucesión" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "supresión" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sucesión" and "supresión" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([suseˈsjõn] versus [supɾeˈsjõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "sucesión" or "supresión" show up more?
"sucesión" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,464 in our Spanish list, against #10,078 for "supresión". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "sucesión" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "supresión" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #275,733 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sucesión" and "supresión" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sucesión vs sugestión". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #275,733 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