séculariser
\se.ky.la.ʁi.ze\
The verdict
“séculariser” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire passer de l’état régulier (état ecclésiastique) à l’état séculier (état laïque).
Corpus desk
Index FR-seculariser · séculariser · French
séculariser · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | séculariser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \se.ky.la.ʁi.ze\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « séculariser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
séculariser is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \se.ky.la.ʁi.ze\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
séculariser doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is séculariser, spelled S-É-C-U-L-A-R-I-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Faire passer de l’état régulier (état ecclésiastique) à l’état séculier (état laïque).
- 2Rendre au siècle, à la vie laïque.
- 3Faire entrer dans le domaine du pouvoir civil des fonctions qui étaient un privilège du clergé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how séculariser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce chapitre, ce monastère a été sécularisé.
Une religieuse sécularisée.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.