succédaient
\syk.se.dɛ\
The verdict
“succédaient” is uncommon French (frequency #69,452 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,452
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de succéder.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | succédaient |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \syk.se.dɛ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #69,452 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “succédaient” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
succédaient is uncommon French at frequency #69,452 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \syk.se.dɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de succéder.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for succédaient, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is succédaient, spelled S-U-C-C-É-D-A-I-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de succéder.
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 “succédaient”
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-I-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \syk.se.dɛ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.