secouer

\sə.kwe\

/\sə.kwe\/ verb

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The verdict

“secouer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,361. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,361
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Remuer quelque chose fortement et à plusieurs reprises.

Corpus desk

Index FR-secouer · secouer · French

secouer · rank #14,361 · 9 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,361
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH SD

Nearest frequency peer: SD (-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 « secouer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « secouer » 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).

secouer vs séjour
57% similar
secouer vs secours
71% similar
secouer vs secouru
71% similar

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

Key facts for secouer
PropertyValue
Headwordsecouer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sə.kwe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#14,361
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « secouer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.secouerse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « SD » (#14,360), « semences » (#14,362), « Saskatchewan » (#14,359). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « secouer » est au #14,361. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around secouer (IPA \sə.kwe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,361 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for secouer, with forms such as "escouer", "sceouer", and "seccouer". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "séjour", "secours", "secouru", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 secouer, spelled S-E-C-O-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Remuer quelque chose fortement et à plusieurs reprises.
  2. 2
    Se défaire de quelque chose par un mouvement violent.
  3. 3
    S’affranchir de ce qui pèse ; se débarrasser de.
  4. 4
    Causer une commotion physique ou morale.
  5. 5
    Réprimander.
  6. 6
    Posséder charnellement.
  7. 7
    Se remuer fortement pour faire tomber quelque chose qui incommode.
  8. 8
    Sortir de l’inaction, ne pas s’abandonner au découragement, faire effort.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. De temps en temps, des hommes et des femmes s’engouffraient dans l’entrée obscure, secouaient leurs manteaux ou leurs imperméables et escaladaient vivement l’escalier étroit et raide ; on percevait leurs voix lorsqu’ils échangeaient quelques mots avec le surveillant-concierge qui devait être posté au premier étage.
  2. Il empoigna Bert par l’épaule, et le secoua vigoureusement, accompagnant ses gourmades d’objurgations irritées et le repoussant avec violence en arrière.

Synonyms

agiterébranlerhocher

This word in other languages

shake(English)sacudir(Español)schütteln(Deutsch)sacudir(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • escouer
  • sceouer
  • seccouer
  • secoeur
  • secouerr
  • secoure
  • secuoer
  • seocuer
  • ssecouer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of secouer - 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.

escouer2sceouer2seccouer1secoeur2secouerr1secoure2secuoer2seocuer2
Edit distance from "secouer"

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 "secouer"?
"secouer" is spelled S-E-C-O-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sə.kwe\.
What does "secouer" mean?
As a verb, "secouer" means: Remuer quelque chose fortement et à plusieurs reprises.
What words are commonly confused with "secouer"?
"secouer" is commonly confused with "séjour", "secours", "secouru". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "secouer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "secouer" is \sə.kwe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "secouer" come from?
"secouer" 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 "secouer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

réglée9 variantstenons9 variantsViktor9 variantsMarvin9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list