seconde

\sə.ɡɔ̃d\

/\sə.ɡɔ̃d\/ adj

The verdict

“seconde” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #677. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#677
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de second.

Corpus desk

Index FR-seconde · seconde · French

seconde · rank #677 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #677
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH problèmes

Nearest frequency peer: problèmes (-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 « seconde »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « seconde » 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).

seconde vs sonde
71% similar
seconde vs secoué
57% similar
seconde vs seconds
86% similar

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

Key facts for seconde
PropertyValue
Headwordseconde
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sə.ɡɔ̃d\
Letters7
Frequency rank#677
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « seconde »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).secondese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « problèmes » (#676), « valeur » (#678), « plupart » (#675). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « seconde » est au #677. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around seconde (IPA \sə.ɡɔ̃d\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #677 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de second.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for seconde, with forms such as "esconde", "sceonde", and "secconde". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "sonde", "secoué", "seconds", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is seconde, spelled S-E-C-O-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de second.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Si une seconde citation est comprise à l’intérieur de la première, chaque ligne de la citation incluse sera précédée d’un guillemet ouvrant.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esconde
  • sceonde
  • secconde
  • secnode
  • secodne
  • secondde
  • seconed
  • seconnde
  • seocnde
  • sseconde

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of seconde - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

esconde2sceonde2secconde1secnode2secodne2secondde1seconed2seconnde1
Edit distance from "seconde"

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 "seconde"?
"seconde" is spelled S-E-C-O-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sə.ɡɔ̃d\.
What does "seconde" mean?
As an adjective, "seconde" means: Féminin singulier de second.
What words are commonly confused with "seconde"?
"seconde" is commonly confused with "sonde", "secoué", "seconds". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "seconde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "seconde" is \sə.ɡɔ̃d\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "seconde" come from?
"seconde" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list