Which to use
“succédé” is a verb and “suicide” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,070
- “succédé” frequency rank
- #2,800
- “suicide” frequency rank
- 14870
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | succédé | suicide |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de succéder. | Action d’une personne se donnant volontairement la mort. |
Where the eye mixes succédé and suicide
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. succédé (CVCCVCV) and suicide (CVVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between succédé and suicide
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: succédé is \syk.se.de\ while suicide is \sɥi.sid\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14870, 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\. suicide is at rank #2,800, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sɥi.sid\.
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 14870, this pair ranks #394,861 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of succédé vs suicide
Shared letters: cdsu. Private to "succédé": é. Private to "suicide": ei.
"succédé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "suicide" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- suicide ← siucide · ssuicide · suciide · suiccide · suicdie · suicidde · suicied · suiicde
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "succédé" and "suicide" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "succédé" or "suicide"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "succédé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suicide" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #394,861 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "succédé" and "suicide" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "succédé vs succédera". 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 #394,861 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.