succession

\syk.se.sjɔ̃\

/\syk.se.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“succession” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,102. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,102
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suite ou série de personnes ou de choses qui se succèdent les unes aux autres sans interruption, ou à peu d’intervalle l’une de l’autre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-succession · succession · French

succession · rank #4,102 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,102
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH stations

Nearest frequency peer: stations (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « succession »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « succession » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

succession vs successions
91% similar
succession vs sécession
80% similar
succession vs successifs
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for succession
PropertyValue
Headwordsuccession
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\syk.se.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#4,102
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « succession »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).successionse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « stations » (#4,101), « thèmes » (#4,103), « tiennent » (#4,104). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « succession » est au #4,102. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around succession (IPA \syk.se.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,102 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for succession, with forms such as "scucession", "ssuccession", and "succesion". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "successions", "sécession", "successifs", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is succession, spelled S-U-C-C-E-S-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Suite ou série de personnes ou de choses qui se succèdent les unes aux autres sans interruption, ou à peu d’intervalle l’une de l’autre.
  2. 2
    Héritage, transmission de biens à la mort d’une personne.
  3. 3
    Manière dont se fait la transmission des héritages.
  4. 4
    Mention apposée sur une œuvre pour indiquer qu’elle provient d’un legs, d’une donation ou d’une dation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how succession appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le terrain ardoisier montre une succession de schistes et de quartzites des nuances les plus diverses, dont l’inclinaison générale est vers le sud de la boussole.
  2. Le sorgho, planté en succession de la culture commerciale, est desséché sur pied 8 à 10 jours avant de semer le cotonnier (…), afin d'obtenir une couverture morte dans laquelle est effectué le semis.

This word in other languages

succession(English)sucesión(Español)Abfolge(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • scucession
  • ssuccession
  • succesion
  • succesison
  • successino
  • successionn
  • successoin
  • succsesion
  • sucecssion
  • sucession
  • usccession

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of succession - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

scucession2ssuccession1succesion1succesison2successino2successionn1successoin2succsesion2
Edit distance from "succession"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "succession"?
"succession" is spelled S-U-C-C-E-S-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \syk.se.sjɔ̃\.
What does "succession" mean?
As a noun, "succession" means: Suite ou série de personnes ou de choses qui se succèdent les unes aux autres sans interruption, ou à peu d’intervalle l’une de l’autre.
What words are commonly confused with "succession"?
"succession" is commonly confused with "successions", "sécession", "successifs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "succession"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "succession" is \syk.se.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "succession" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "succession", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

références#4,098volontaire#4,110instrument#4,078bénéficier#4,131

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

prévoit11 variantsprendra11 variantsanalyses11 variantsmaîtres11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list