secrétaire générale
\sə.kʁe.tɛʁ ʒe.ne.ʁal\
The verdict
“secrétaire générale” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Fonctionnaire chargée de la correspondance, de l’expédition des ordres et de la partie purement administrative dans un ministère, dans une préfecture, etc.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | secrétaire générale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sə.kʁe.tɛʁ ʒe.ne.ʁal\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “secrétaire générale” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for secrétaire générale is 19 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sə.kʁe.tɛʁ ʒe.ne.ʁal\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for secrétaire générale, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is secrétaire générale, spelled S-E-C-R-É-T-A-I-R-E- -G-É-N-É-R-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Fonctionnaire chargée de la correspondance, de l’expédition des ordres et de la partie purement administrative dans un ministère, dans une préfecture, etc.
- 2Nom donné à la dirigeante de divers syndicats, partis, églises ou associations.
This word in other languages
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Using “secrétaire générale”
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- The one correct French spelling is S-E-C-R-É-T-A-I-R-E- -G-É-N-É-R-A-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.