sécession

\se.se.sjɔ̃\

/\se.se.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“sécession” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,080. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,080
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de se retirer, de se séparer d’un parti politique, d’une cité, d’un état, d’une école.

Corpus desk

Index FR-secession · sécession · French

sécession · rank #18,080 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,080
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH systémique

Nearest frequency peer: systémique (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « sécession »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « sécession » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sécession vs session
78% similar
sécession vs succession
80% similar
sécession vs scission
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for sécession
PropertyValue
Headwordsécession
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\se.se.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#18,080
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sécession »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sécessionse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « systémique » (#18,079), « ségrégation » (#18,081), « supprimant » (#18,078). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sécession » est au #18,080. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around sécession (IPA \se.se.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,080 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Action de se retirer, de se séparer d’un parti politique, d’une cité, d’un état, d’une école.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for sécession, with forms such as "scéession", "secession", and "ssécession". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "session", "succession", "scission", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sécession, spelled S-É-C-E-S-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de se retirer, de se séparer d’un parti politique, d’une cité, d’un état, d’une école.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La guerre de sécession aux États-Unis dura quatre ans.

This word in other languages

secession(English)secesión(Español)Sezession(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • scéession
  • secession
  • ssécession
  • séccession
  • sécesion
  • sécesison
  • sécessino
  • sécessionn
  • sécessoin
  • sécsesion
  • séecssion
  • éscession

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sécession - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

scéession2secession1ssécession1séccession1sécesion1sécesison2sécessino2sécessionn1
Edit distance from "sécession"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sécession"?
"sécession" is spelled S-É-C-E-S-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \se.se.sjɔ̃\.
What does "sécession" mean?
As a noun, "sécession" means: Action de se retirer, de se séparer d’un parti politique, d’une cité, d’un état, d’une école.
What words are commonly confused with "sécession"?
"sécession" is commonly confused with "session", "succession", "scission". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sécession"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sécession" is \se.se.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sécession" come from?
"sécession" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sécession", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

suppléant#18,077subtilité#18,075spatiales#18,072vingtième#18,094

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

security12 variantssaloperie12 variantsétudient12 variantsréveillon12 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list