issue de secours

Name: issue de secours, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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\i.sy də sə.kuʁ\

/\i.sy də sə.kuʁ\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“issue de secours” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French: 16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sortie ménagée dans une pièce, un bâtiment ou un moyen de transport pour permettre une évacuation rapide des lieux par les personnes en cas de sinistre.

Key facts for issue de secours
Property	Value
Headword	issue de secours
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\i.sy də sə.kuʁ\
Letters	16
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “issue de secours” sits in French frequency

issue de secours falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

issue de secours is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \i.sy də sə.kuʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sortie ménagée dans une pièce, un bâtiment ou un moyen de transport pour permettre une évacuation rapide des lieux par les personnes en cas de sinistre.".

Zero misspellings are on record for issue de secours in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is issue de secours, spelled I-S-S-U-E- -D-E- -S-E-C-O-U-R-S.

Definition

1
Sortie ménagée dans une pièce, un bâtiment ou un moyen de transport pour permettre une évacuation rapide des lieux par les personnes en cas de sinistre.

Synonyms

sortie de secours sortie d’urgence

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "issue de secours"?

"issue de secours" is spelled I-S-S-U-E- -D-E- -S-E-C-O-U-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \i.sy də sə.kuʁ\.

What does "issue de secours" mean?

As a noun, "issue de secours" means: Sortie ménagée dans une pièce, un bâtiment ou un moyen de transport pour permettre une évacuation rapide des lieux par les personnes en cas de sinistre.

How do you pronounce "issue de secours"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "issue de secours" is \i.sy də sə.kuʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "issue de secours" come from?

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Using “issue de secours”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct French spelling is I-S-S-U-E- -D-E- -S-E-C-O-U-R-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as \i.sy də sə.kuʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.