Which to use
“succes” is a noun and “sucrés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,605
- “succes” frequency rank
- #26,883
- “sucrés” frequency rank
- 63488
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | succes | sucrés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Succès, réussite. | Masculin pluriel de sucré. |
Where the eye mixes succes and sucrés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. succes and sucrés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: succes vs sucrés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: succes is \syk.sɛs\ while sucrés is \sy.kʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63488, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
succes is recorded at frequency rank #36,605, classified as anoun, pronounced \syk.sɛs\. sucrés is at rank #26,883, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sy.kʁe\.
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 63488, this pair ranks #81,706 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of succes vs sucrés
Shared letters: csu. Private to "succes": e. Private to "sucrés": ré.
"succes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "sucrés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- succes ← scuces · ssucces · succse · sucecs · suces · uscces
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "succes" for "sucrés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "succes" vs "sucrés" - which ranks higher?
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 "succes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sucrés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #81,706 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "succes" and "sucrés" 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 #81,706 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.