sucesso

//su.ˈsɛ.su// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#574

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

sucesso is aPortuguesenoun. It means: resultado próspero ou favorável de tentativas ou esforços Pronounced /su.ˈsɛ.su/. It ranks #574 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with secessão.

Key facts for sucesso
PropertyValue
Headwordsucesso
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/su.ˈsɛ.su/
Letters7
Frequency rank#574
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sucesso in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for sucesso is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /su.ˈsɛ.su/. Corpus data places it at rank #574 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for sucesso, with forms such as "scuesso", "ssucesso", and "successo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "secessão", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is sucesso, spelled S-U-C-E-S-S-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    resultado próspero ou favorável de tentativas ou esforços
  2. 2
    a obtenção de riqueza, posição, honras etc
  3. 3
    obra que é um grande êxito

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: scuesso,ssucesso,successo,suceso,sucesos,sucseso,suecsso,uscesso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sucesso

Misspelling Variants of "sucesso"

scuesso7ssucesso8successo8suceso6sucesos7sucseso7suecsso7uscesso7
Misspelling Variants of "sucesso"

Frequency rank: #574 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sucesso"?
"sucesso" is spelled S-U-C-E-S-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is /su.ˈsɛ.su/.
What does "sucesso" mean?
As a noun, "sucesso" means: resultado próspero ou favorável de tentativas ou esforços
What words are commonly confused with "sucesso"?
"sucesso" is commonly confused with "secessão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sucesso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sucesso" is /su.ˈsɛ.su/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sucesso" come from?
"sucesso" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.