phrase secrète

\fʁɑz sə.kʁɛt\

/\fʁɑz sə.kʁɛt\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Phrase préalablement convenue, tenant lieu de code secret confidentiel.

Corpus desk

Index FR-phrase-secrete · phrase secrète · French

phrase secrète · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" 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.

Key facts for phrase secrète
PropertyValue
Headwordphrase secrète
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\fʁɑz sə.kʁɛt\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « phrase secrète » en français

phrase secrètereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

phrase secrète is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fʁɑz sə.kʁɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for phrase secrète, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 phrase secrète, spelled P-H-R-A-S-E- -S-E-C-R-È-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Phrase préalablement convenue, tenant lieu de code secret confidentiel.
  2. 2
    Phrase préalablement convenue, tenant lieu de code secret confidentiel.
  3. 3
    Phrase préalablement convenue, tenant lieu de code secret confidentiel.
  4. 4
    Phrase préalablement convenue, tenant lieu de code secret confidentiel.
  5. 5
    Phrase utilisée comme mot de passe dans un système informatique, par exemple dans l’authentification ou le chiffrement.
  6. 6
    Phrase dissimulée, ou au sens caché.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Devant l’hésitation de la baronne, je me portai volontaire pour actionner le heurtoir et réciter la phrase secrète que j’avais cent fois répétée dans ma tête.
  2. On demandait aux nouveaux résidents de prononcer une phrase secrète, que le doyen changeait à chaque saison, même s’il s'agissait en général d’un vers ou d’une phrase empruntés à ses auteurs préférés.

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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 "phrase secrète"?
"phrase secrète" is spelled P-H-R-A-S-E- -S-E-C-R-È-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \fʁɑz sə.kʁɛt\.
What does "phrase secrète" mean?
As a noun, "phrase secrète" means: Phrase préalablement convenue, tenant lieu de code secret confidentiel.
How do you pronounce "phrase secrète"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "phrase secrète" is \fʁɑz sə.kʁɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "phrase secrète" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list