succulent
\sy.ky.lɑ̃\
The verdict
“succulent” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,547. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #38,547
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui a beaucoup de suc, qui est savoureux.
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 | succulent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sy.ky.lɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #38,547 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “succulent” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around succulent (IPA \sy.ky.lɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #38,547 among 394,209 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for succulent, with forms such as "scuculent", "ssucculent", and "succluent". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "succèdent", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is succulent, spelled S-U-C-C-U-L-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui a beaucoup de suc, qui est savoureux.
- 2Se dit d'une plante charnue ou plante grasse, dont les organes (parenchyme) emmagasinent de l'eau.
- 3Qui ravit l'esprit, savoureux.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- scuculent
- ssucculent
- succluent
- succuelnt
- succulennt
- succulentt
- succuletn
- succullent
- succulnet
- sucuclent
- suculent
- uscculent
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of succulent - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “succulent”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-U-C-C-U-L-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sy.ky.lɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “succèdent” - see the side-by-side comparison. succulent vs succèdent
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Same frequency band
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.