succombé

\sy.kɔ̃.be\

/\sy.kɔ̃.be\/ verb

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The verdict

“succombé” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,286. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,286
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé masculin singulier de succomber.

Corpus desk

Index FR-succombe · succombé · French

succombé · rank #20,286 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #20,286
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH styliste

Nearest frequency peer: styliste (-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 « succombé »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « succombé » 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).

succombé vs succomber
78% similar

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

Key facts for succombé
PropertyValue
Headwordsuccombé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sy.kɔ̃.be\
Letters8
Frequency rank#20,286
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « succombé »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).succombése place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « styliste » (#20,285), « supers » (#20,287), « stoppé » (#20,284). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « succombé » est au #20,286. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around succombé (IPA \sy.kɔ̃.be\), averb. Corpus frequency is #20,286 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé masculin singulier de succomber.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for succombé, with forms such as "scucombé", "ssuccombé", and "succmobé". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "succomber", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists 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 succombé, spelled S-U-C-C-O-M-B-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin singulier de succomber.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le 19 janvier 1888, un chasseur du Havre nous adressait, aux fins d’autopsie, le cadavre d’une furette, qui avait succombé peu de temps après son mâle, en présentant comme lui des croûtes dans les oreilles.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • scucombé
  • ssuccombé
  • succmobé
  • succobmé
  • succombbé
  • succombe
  • succommbé
  • succoméb
  • sucocmbé
  • sucombé
  • usccombé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of succombé - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

scucombé2ssuccombé1succmobé2succobmé2succombbé1succombe1succommbé1succoméb2
Edit distance from "succombé"

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 "succombé"?
"succombé" is spelled S-U-C-C-O-M-B-É. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.kɔ̃.be\.
What does "succombé" mean?
As a verb, "succombé" means: Participe passé masculin singulier de succomber.
What words are commonly confused with "succombé"?
"succombé" is commonly confused with "succomber". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "succombé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "succombé" is \sy.kɔ̃.be\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "succombé" come from?
"succombé" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

styliste#20,285Soissons#20,283tonneaux#20,300touchera#20,302

Similar misspelling depth

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

rédigés11 variantsvacants11 variantsvioleurs11 variantsrappellera11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list