Which to use
“succédé” and “succéder” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,070
- “succédé” frequency rank
- #11,669
- “succéder” frequency rank
- 23739
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | succédé | succéder |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de succéder. | Venir après ; prendre la place de. |
Same sound, different letters: succédé vs succéder
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. succédé runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against succéder's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: succédé vs succéder
This is the hard kind. succédé and succéder are pronounced identically (\syk.se.de\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23739, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
succédé is recorded at frequency rank #12,070, classified as averb, pronounced \syk.se.de\. succéder is at rank #11,669, tagged as averb, pronounced \syk.se.de\.
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 23739, this pair ranks #350,746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of succédé vs succéder
Shared letters: cdsué. Private to "succédé": -. Private to "succéder": er.
"succédé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "succéder" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "succédé" for "succéder" ever safe?
Which is more common, "succédé" or "succéder"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "succédé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "succéder" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #350,746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "succédé" and "succéder" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "succédé vs succédera". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #350,746 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.