seconde main
\sə.ɡɔ̃d mɛ̃\
The verdict
“seconde main” 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) - Dans un atelier de couture, poste succédant à celui de "petite main" et précédant celui de "première main".
Corpus desk
Index FR-seconde-main · seconde main · French
seconde main · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | seconde main |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sə.ɡɔ̃d mɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « seconde main » en français
Rare enough to double-check
seconde main is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sə.ɡɔ̃d mɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
seconde main doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is seconde main, spelled S-E-C-O-N-D-E- -M-A-I-N.
Definition
- 1Dans un atelier de couture, poste succédant à celui de "petite main" et précédant celui de "première main".
- 2Objet ou information qui a eu au moins deux propriétaires.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how seconde main appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce véhicule est une seconde main.
Un fait curieux à noter, c’est que les prix exigés par les fabriques belges, pour certaines commandes, sont supérieurs à ceux auxquels des produits de même provenance sont achetés en seconde main à Smyrne ou Constantinople.
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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.