secs

\sɛk\

/\sɛk\/ adj

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The verdict

“secs” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,237. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,237
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de sec.

Corpus desk

Index FR-secs · secs · French

secs · rank #10,237 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,237
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH résultant

Nearest frequency peer: résultant (-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 « secs »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « secs » 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).

secs vs ss
50% similar
secs vs ses
75% similar
secs vs sel
50% similar

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

Key facts for secs
PropertyValue
Headwordsecs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sɛk\
Letters4
Frequency rank#10,237
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « secs »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).secsse 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 « résultant » (#10,236), « réglementaire » (#10,235), « sensibilisation » (#10,239). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « secs » est au #10,237. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around secs (IPA \sɛk\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,237 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de sec.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for secs, with forms such as "escs", "sces", and "seccs". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ss", "ses", "sel", 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is secs, spelled S-E-C-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de sec.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La production mondiale actuelle est d’environ 13,5 millions de tonnes de pois secs et 4,8 millions de tonnes de pois frais.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • escs
  • sces
  • seccs
  • secss
  • sesc
  • ssecs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of secs - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

escs2sces2seccs1secss1sesc2ssecs1
Edit distance from "secs"

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 "secs"?
"secs" is spelled S-E-C-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛk\.
What does "secs" mean?
As an adjective, "secs" means: Masculin pluriel de sec.
What words are commonly confused with "secs"?
"secs" is commonly confused with "ss", "ses", "sel". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "secs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "secs" is \sɛk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "secs" come from?
"secs" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tige#10,253valu#10,256pipi#10,208bats#10,277

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Carla6 variantslaisses6 variantscieux6 variantscran6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list