sucesso

/su.ˈsɛ.su/

//su.ˈsɛ.su// noun

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The verdict

“sucesso” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #574. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#574
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - resultado próspero ou favorável de tentativas ou esforços

Corpus desk

Index PT-sucesso · sucesso · Portuguese

sucesso · rank #574 · 8 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-CORE #574
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH trabalhar

Nearest frequency peer: trabalhar (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “sucesso”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “sucesso” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sucesso vs secessão
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “sucesso”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.sucessocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “trabalhar” (#575), “vale” (#576), “plano” (#571). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sucesso” fica em #574. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around sucesso (IPA /su.ˈsɛ.su/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #574 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is sucesso, spelled S-U-C-E-S-S-O.

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how sucesso appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O sucesso ou o fracasso da missão depende de nossa atuação.
  2. Ele é um homem de sucesso, tem tudo na vida.

Antonyms

falhafracassoinsucesso

This word in other languages

success(English)éxito(Español)succès(Français)Erfolg(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • scuesso
  • ssucesso
  • successo
  • suceso
  • sucesos
  • sucseso
  • suecsso
  • uscesso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sucesso - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

scuesso2ssucesso1successo1suceso1sucesos2sucseso2suecsso2uscesso2
Edit distance from "sucesso"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sucesso", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

partido#570capital#579justiça#581mundial#584

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

devido8 variantsseguir8 variantsamanhã8 variantsimagem8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list