Which to use
“sauces” and “succes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,061
- “sauces” frequency rank
- #36,605
- “succes” frequency rank
- 54666
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sauces | succes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de sauce. | Succès, réussite. |
Where the eye mixes sauces and succes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. sauces (CVVCVC) and succes (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between sauces and succes
A purely visual mix-up. sauces (\sos\) and succes (\syk.sɛs\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54666, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sauces is recorded at frequency rank #18,061, classified as anoun, pronounced \sos\. succes is at rank #36,605, tagged as anoun, pronounced \syk.sɛs\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 54666, this pair ranks #132,497 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sauces vs succes
Shared letters: cesu. Private to "sauces": a. Private to "succes": -.
"sauces" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "succes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sauces" and "succes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "sauces" or "succes" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "sauces" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "succes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #132,497 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sauces" and "succes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "socles vs succes". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #132,497 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.