Which to use
“soccer” and “succes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,947
- “soccer” frequency rank
- #36,605
- “succes” frequency rank
- 47552
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soccer | succes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom du football association en Amérique du Nord, où le terme football tout court désigne généralement le football américain et football canadien. | Succès, réussite. |
Where the eye mixes soccer and succes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. soccer and succes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between soccer and succes
A purely visual mix-up. soccer (\sɔ.kœʁ\) 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 47552, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soccer is recorded at frequency rank #10,947, classified as anoun, pronounced \sɔ.kœʁ\. 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 47552, this pair ranks #186,054 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of soccer vs succes
Shared letters: ces. Private to "soccer": or. Private to "succes": u.
"soccer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "succes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "soccer" for "succes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "soccer" vs "succes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "soccer" 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 #186,054 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soccer" 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 #186,054 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.