Which to use
“succèdent” and “succéder” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,071
- “succèdent” frequency rank
- #11,669
- “succéder” frequency rank
- 24740
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | succèdent | succéder |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de succéder. | Venir après ; prendre la place de. |
Where the eye mixes succèdent and succéder
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. succèdent runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVCC) against succéder's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between succèdent and succéder
A purely visual mix-up. succèdent (\syk.sɛd\) and succéder (\syk.se.de\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24740, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
succèdent is recorded at frequency rank #13,071, classified as averb, pronounced \syk.sɛd\. 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 24740, this pair ranks #344,889 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of succèdent vs succéder
Shared letters: cdesu. Private to "succèdent": ntè. Private to "succéder": ré.
"succèdent" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC · "succéder" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "succèdent" and "succéder" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "succèdent" or "succéder" show up more?
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 "succèdent" 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 #344,889 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "succèdent" and "succéder" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "succèdent vs succédera". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #344,889 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.