sécrètent

\se.kʁɛt\

/\se.kʁɛt\/ verb

The verdict

“sécrètent” is uncommon French (frequency #67,148 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,148
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de sécréter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-secretent · sécrètent · French

sécrètent · rank #67,148 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,148
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH séchant

Nearest frequency peer: séchant (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « sécrètent »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « sécrètent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sécrètent
PropertyValue
Headwordsécrètent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\se.kʁɛt\
Letters9
Frequency rank#67,148
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sécrètent » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).sécrètenttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « séchant » (#67,147), « séducteurs » (#67,149), « séminariste » (#67,150). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sécrètent » est au #67,148. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sécrètent is uncommon French at frequency #67,148 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \se.kʁɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

sécrètent doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is sécrètent, spelled S-É-C-R-È-T-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de sécréter.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de sécréter.

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 "sécrètent"?
"sécrètent" is spelled S-É-C-R-È-T-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \se.kʁɛt\.
What does "sécrètent" mean?
As a verb, "sécrètent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de sécréter.
How do you pronounce "sécrètent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sécrètent" is \se.kʁɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sécrètent" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list