à la secrète
\a la sə.kʁɛt\
The verdict
“à la secrète” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En secret, sans témoin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-la-secrete · à la secrète · French
à la secrète · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "À" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | à la secrète |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a la sə.kʁɛt\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
à la secrète is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a la sə.kʁɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En secret, sans témoin.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for à la secrète in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is à la secrète, spelled À- -L-A- -S-E-C-R-È-T-E.
Definition
- 1En secret, sans témoin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how à la secrète appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C'était Mlle de Quinconas qui geignait à la secrète, parce que M. de Malitourne la pinçait, à la faveur des sombres passages.
This word in other languages
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.