sécher
\se.ʃe\
The verdict
“sécher” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #10,592 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #10,592
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rendre sec.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sécher |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \se.ʃe\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,592 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sécher” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for sécher is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \se.ʃe\. Corpus data places it at rank #10,592 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 15 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for sécher, with forms such as "scéher", "secher", and "ssécher". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "secte", "sucer", "semer", and more, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is sécher, spelled S-É-C-H-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Rendre sec.
- 2Faire cesser l’affliction, en parlant des larmes ou des pleurs.
- 3Mettre à sec.
- 4Boire et vider complètement un verre ou une bouteille.
- 5Ne pas aller en cours ou à l’école quand cela est obligatoire.
- 6Ne pas venir à un endroit où l’on était attendu.
- 7Procéder au séchage d’une solution.
- 8Perdre du gras pour rendre les muscles plus apparents.
- 9Mettre une raclée.
- 10Assommer ou accabler.
- 11Tuer.
- 12Devenir sec.
- 13Ne pas disposer des connaissances ou de l’inspiration nécessaires pour effectuer un devoir écrit ou répondre à une interrogation.
- 14Ne pas trouver à se marier, en parlant d’une fille.
- 15Se consumer d’ennui, de tristesse ou être en proie à une vive impatience.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: scéher,secher,ssécher,séccher,sécehr,sécherr,séchher,séchre,séhcer,éscher
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sécher - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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PlainSpell, “sécher, French word data” (May 6, 2026). Derived from Wiktionary (kaikki.org, CC BY-SA) and an open word-frequency list. https://plainspell.com/fr/mot/secher
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Using “sécher”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-É-C-H-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \se.ʃe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “secte” - see the side-by-side comparison. sécher vs secte
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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