secateurs
/ˈsɛk.əˌtɜːz/
"secateurs" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“secateurs” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Small, handheld pruning shears.
Corpus desk
Index EN-secateurs · secateurs · English
secateurs · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | secateurs |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsɛk.əˌtɜːz/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “secateurs” in English
Rare enough to double-check
secateurs is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsɛk.əˌtɜːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Small, handheld pruning shears.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for secateurs, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French sécateurs, plural of sécateur, from Latin secō + -ateur. The correct English form is secateurs, spelled S-E-C-A-T-E-U-R-S.
Definition
- 1Small, handheld pruning shears.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how secateurs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
To start with, I'm going to arm myself with a saw, shears and secateurs to radically prune some of what's there.
Etymology
Borrowed from French sécateurs, plural of sécateur, from Latin secō + -ateur.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.