servssucerConfusable pair

Quick tell: ser is a pronoun, sucer is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ser” is a pronoun and “sucer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#15,252
“ser” frequency rank
#10,589
“sucer” frequency rank
25841
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ser sucer
Definition Que. Aspirer avec la bouche un liquide, une substance, le suc d’une chose.

Letter map: ser vs sucer

Shared letters muted; letters that set ser and sucer apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

3 ch
ser
5 ch
sucer

Part-of-speech tell for ser / sucer

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ser is apronoun and suceraverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25841, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ser is recorded at frequency rank #15,252, classified as apron. sucer is at rank #10,589, tagged as averb, pronounced \sy.se\.

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 25841, this pair ranks #338,565 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ser vs sucer

Shared letters: ers. Private to "ser": -. Private to "sucer": cu.

"ser" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "sucer" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sucerscuer · ssucer · succer · sucerr · suecr · uscer

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ser" and "sucer" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ser" is a pronoun and "sucer" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ser" vs "sucer" - which ranks higher?
"sucer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,589 in our French list, against #15,252 for "ser". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "ser" and "sucer".

  • Full dictionary entry for "ser" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sucer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #338,565 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ser" and "sucer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ser vs suu". 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 #338,565 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list