se cacher
\sə ka.ʃe\
The verdict
“se cacher” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forme pronominale de cacher : se soustraire à la vue, se dissimuler
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-cacher · se cacher · French
se cacher · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | se cacher |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə ka.ʃe\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « se cacher » en français
Rare enough to double-check
se cacher is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə ka.ʃe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forme pronominale de cacher : se soustraire à la vue, se dissimuler".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for se cacher, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is se cacher, spelled S-E- -C-A-C-H-E-R.
Definition
- 1Forme pronominale de cacher : se soustraire à la vue, se dissimuler
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how se cacher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais l’enfant, de plus en plus épeuré, s’était caché dans les jupons de la femme.
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.