second degré
\sə.ɡɔ̃ də.ɡʁe\
The verdict
“second degré” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Autoparodie, humour autoréférentiel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-second-degre · second degré · French
second degré · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | second degré |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sə.ɡɔ̃ də.ɡʁe\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
second degré is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sə.ɡɔ̃ də.ɡʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for second degré, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is second degré, spelled S-E-C-O-N-D- -D-E-G-R-É.
Definition
- 1Autoparodie, humour autoréférentiel.
- 2Type de problème, dans lequel on connaît le carré d'une inconnue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how second degré appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les titres eux-mêmes de ces nouveaux morceaux célèbrent l’irruption de la paraphrase, ou plutôt du second degré dans cette musique que l’Amérique (et l’Europe de l’époque, bien sûr) ne tolérait que sous sa forme dansante, hédonique, primaire.
Aujourd’hui, rares sont celles et ceux qui peuvent manier un second degré au-dessus de tout soupçon. D’autant que certains débats provoquent des crispations telles qu’il est devenu presque impossible de ne pas être pris au pied de la lettre.
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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.