sucker

noun

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The verdict

“sucker” is uncommon French (frequency #89,211 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,211
frequency rank, French
394,209
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pigeon (personne à qui l’on joue un tour, que l’on escroque ou dupe).

Key facts for sucker
PropertyValue
Headwordsucker
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#89,211
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sucker” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sucker lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sucker is uncommon French at frequency #89,211 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for sucker in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is sucker, spelled S-U-C-K-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pigeon (personne à qui l’on joue un tour, que l’on escroque ou dupe).
  2. 2
    Sucette.
  3. 3
    Ventouse.
  4. 4
    Surgeon.
  5. 5
    Gros buveur.

Synonyms

lollipopdupe

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 "sucker"?
"sucker" is spelled S-U-C-K-E-R.
What does "sucker" mean?
As a noun, "sucker" means: Pigeon (personne à qui l’on joue un tour, que l’on escroque ou dupe).
What language does "sucker" come from?
"sucker" 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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Using “sucker”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is S-U-C-K-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list