secrètement
\sə.kʁɛt.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“secrètement” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,669. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,669
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’une manière secrète ; à l’insu de tout le monde.
Corpus desk
Index FR-secretement · secrètement · French
secrètement · rank #12,669 · 18 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,669
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 18 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH say
Nearest frequency peer: say (-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 « secrètement »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- réglementai…
réglementaires
87,336 corpus weight
- réunissent
réunissent
87,334 corpus weight
- say
say
87,333 corpus weight
- secrètement
secrètement
87,332 corpus weight
- seigneurie
seigneurie
87,331 corpus weight
- Sonia
Sonia
87,329 corpus weight
What this shows « secrètement » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | secrètement |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \sə.kʁɛt.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #12,669 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « secrètement »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around secrètement (IPA \sə.kʁɛt.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #12,669 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for secrètement, with forms such as "escrètement", "scerètement", and "seccrètement". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 secrètement, spelled S-E-C-R-È-T-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1D’une manière secrète ; à l’insu de tout le monde.
- 2Dans le fond du cœur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how secrètement appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les colères entassées fermentant dans le silence depuis vingt ans, grondaient de toutes parts ; la pensée se déchaînait, les livres qui d’ordinaire n’entraient en France que secrètement, commençaient à s’éditer à Paris.
Ce ministre [Richelieu] se crut obligé de l’élever [Mazarin] à la pourpre ; par là il sembla montrer son successeur à la France, et le cardinal Mazarin s'avançait secrètement à la première place,
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- escrètement
- scerètement
- seccrètement
- secretement
- secrrètement
- secrtèement
- secrèetment
- secrèteemnt
- secrètemennt
- secrètementt
- secrètemetn
- secrètemment
- secrètemnet
- secrètmeent
- secrèttement
- secèrtement
- sercètement
- ssecrètement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of secrètement - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).