sècheresse
\sɛʃ.ʁɛs\
The verdict
“sècheresse” is uncommon French (frequency #77,072 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,072
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - État, caractère de ce qui est sec.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sècheresse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɛʃ.ʁɛs\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #77,072 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sècheresse” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sècheresse is uncommon French at frequency #77,072 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɛʃ.ʁɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sècheresse, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sècheresse, spelled S-È-C-H-E-R-E-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1État, caractère de ce qui est sec.
- 2État atmosphérique sans pluie.
- 3Absence de douceur, froideur dans les manières, dans le ton, dans les sentiments.
- 4Se dit d’une sorte de maigreur, d’indigence, d’aridité.
- 5Se dit de l’absence de moelleux, de souplesse, de la dureté des contours.
- 6Se dit de l’état de l’âme qui ne sent pas de douceur, pas de consolation dans les exercices de piété.
Antonyms
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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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Using “sècheresse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-È-C-H-E-R-E-S-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sɛʃ.ʁɛs\ (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.