sectaire

\sɛk.tɛʁ\

/\sɛk.tɛʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“sectaire” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,496. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,496
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux sectes, au sectarisme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sectaire · sectaire · French

sectaire · rank #25,496 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,496
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH savane

Nearest frequency peer: savane (-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 « sectaire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sectaire » 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).

sectaire vs sectaires
89% similar
sectaire vs séculaire
67% similar
sectaire vs secrétaire
80% similar

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

Key facts for sectaire
PropertyValue
Headwordsectaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sɛk.tɛʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#25,496
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sectaire »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).sectairese 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 « savane » (#25,495), « sanguinaire » (#25,494), « sangliers » (#25,493). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sectaire » est au #25,496. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around sectaire (IPA \sɛk.tɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #25,496 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Relatif aux sectes, au sectarisme.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for sectaire, with forms such as "esctaire", "scetaire", and "secatire". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "sectaires", "séculaire", "secrétaire", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is sectaire, spelled S-E-C-T-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif aux sectes, au sectarisme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les définitions incomplètes ou fallacieuses, qui ont pour effet de masquer la spécificité de la dérive sectaire, semblent relever de trois fautes logiques.
  2. Il s’agit en effet de supprimer le conflit interne en l’externalisant et en lui substituant une dépendance au groupe sectaire, et singulièrement à la figure du gourou.

This word in other languages

sectarian(English)sectario(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esctaire
  • scetaire
  • secatire
  • secctaire
  • sectaier
  • sectairre
  • sectarie
  • sectiare
  • secttaire
  • setcaire
  • ssectaire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sectaire - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

esctaire2scetaire2secatire2secctaire1sectaier2sectairre1sectarie2sectiare2
Edit distance from "sectaire"

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 "sectaire"?
"sectaire" is spelled S-E-C-T-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sɛk.tɛʁ\.
What does "sectaire" mean?
As an adjective, "sectaire" means: Relatif aux sectes, au sectarisme.
What words are commonly confused with "sectaire"?
"sectaire" is commonly confused with "sectaires", "séculaire", "secrétaire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sectaire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sectaire" is \sɛk.tɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sectaire" come from?
"sectaire" 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 "sectaire", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

stresser#25,501supplier#25,504rondelle#25,482Vincenzo#25,523

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

travées11 variantsWilhelm11 variantsramassage11 variantsévoquait11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list