succube

\sy.kyb\

/\sy.kyb\/ noun

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The verdict

“succube” is uncommon French (frequency #80,679 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,679
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Démon qui, suivant l’opinion populaire, prend l’apparence d’une femme et est censé apparaître la nuit pour abuser sexuellement d’un homme pendant son sommeil.

Corpus desk

Index FR-succube · succube · French

succube · rank #80,679 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,679
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sublimée

Nearest frequency peer: sublimée (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « succube »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « succube » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for succube
PropertyValue
Headwordsuccube
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sy.kyb\
Letters7
Frequency rank#80,679
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « succube » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).succubetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « sublimée » (#80,678), « suivions » (#80,680), « stérilisée » (#80,677). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « succube » est au #80,679. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

succube is uncommon French at frequency #80,679 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sy.kyb\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for succube in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is succube, spelled S-U-C-C-U-B-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Démon qui, suivant l’opinion populaire, prend l’apparence d’une femme et est censé apparaître la nuit pour abuser sexuellement d’un homme pendant son sommeil.
  2. 2
    Insulte à connotation religieuse.
  3. 3
    Dans le jeu Donjons et Dragons, un démon avec un pouvoir de métamorphose.
  4. 4
    Bottomhttps://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionnaire_%C3%A9rotique_moderne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sa bouche était grande. Mais sans cette gloutonnerie de succube que se donnent les stars.
  2. — Ah, Méridiana, perle de mes bataillons de succubes ! Tu daignes enfin nous rejoindre, se réjouit le Maître comme la belle démone s’avançait.

Synonyms

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Antonyms

incube

This word in other languages

succubus(English)súcubo(Español)Sukkubus(Deutsch)

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 "succube"?
"succube" is spelled S-U-C-C-U-B-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.kyb\.
What does "succube" mean?
As a noun, "succube" means: Démon qui, suivant l’opinion populaire, prend l’apparence d’une femme et est censé apparaître la nuit pour abuser sexuellement d’un homme pendant son sommeil.
How do you pronounce "succube"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "succube" is \sy.kyb\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "succube" come from?
"succube" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list