succéda
\syk.se.da\
The verdict
“succéda” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,787. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,787
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de succéder.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | succéda |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \syk.se.da\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #24,787 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “succéda” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around succéda (IPA \syk.se.da\), averb. Corpus frequency is #24,787 among 394,209 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de succéder.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for succéda, with forms such as "scucéda", "ssuccéda", and "succdéa". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "succes", "succédé", "success", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is succéda, spelled S-U-C-C-É-D-A.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de succéder.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- scucéda
- ssuccéda
- succdéa
- succeda
- succéad
- succédda
- sucécda
- sucéda
- usccéda
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of succéda - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “succéda”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-U-C-C-É-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \syk.se.da\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “succes” - see the side-by-side comparison. succéda vs succes
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.