Which to use
“succéder” and “suicider” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,669
- “succéder” frequency rank
- #10,791
- “suicider” frequency rank
- 22460
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | succéder | suicider |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Venir après ; prendre la place de. | Se tuer volontairement. |
Where the eye mixes succéder and suicider
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. succéder (CVCCVCVC) and suicider (CVVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between succéder and suicider
A purely visual mix-up. succéder (\syk.se.de\) and suicider (\sɥi.si.de\) 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 22460, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
succéder is recorded at frequency rank #11,669, classified as averb, pronounced \syk.se.de\. suicider is at rank #10,791, tagged as averb, pronounced \sɥi.si.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 22460, this pair ranks #357,857 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of succéder vs suicider
Shared letters: cdersu. Private to "succéder": é. Private to "suicider": i.
"succéder" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "suicider" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- suicider ← siucider · ssuicider · suciider · suiccider · suicdier · suicidder · suiciderr · suicidre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "succéder" and "suicider" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "succéder" vs "suicider" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "succéder" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suicider" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #357,857 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "succéder" and "suicider" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "succéder 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 #357,857 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.