sécurité

\se.ky.ʁi.te\

/\se.ky.ʁi.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“sécurité” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #471. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#471
frequency rank, French
394,209
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Confiance, tranquillité d’esprit qui résulte de l’opinion, bien ou mal fondée, qu’on n’a pas à craindre de danger.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sécurité vs séduite
63% similar
sécurité vs security
75% similar
sécurité vs sévérité
75% similar

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

Key facts for sécurité
PropertyValue
Headwordsécurité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\se.ky.ʁi.te\
Letters8
Frequency rank#471
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sécurité” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sécurité lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around sécurité (IPA \se.ky.ʁi.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #471 among 394,209 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for sécurité, with forms such as "scéurité", "securite", and "ssécurité". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "séduite", "security", "sévérité", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sécurité, spelled S-É-C-U-R-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Confiance, tranquillité d’esprit qui résulte de l’opinion, bien ou mal fondée, qu’on n’a pas à craindre de danger.
  2. 2
    État d’esprit ou situation résultant de l’éloignement d’un danger ou de l’absence réelle de dangers (1780 ; Le Robert)
  3. 3
    Situation entraînant la protection, l’absence relative de danger pour les personnes ou les biens, et qui détermine la confiance.
  4. 4
    En gestion des risques, ce qui concourt à la prévention contre les atteintes involontaires (accident, catastrophe naturelle).
  5. 5
    Dispositif du mécanisme d’une arme à feu permettant d’empêcher un tir involontaire.
  6. 6
    Sécurité des données, cybersécurité.
  7. 7
    Apocope de sécurité sociale.

Synonyms

sûreté

Antonyms

insécurité

This word in other languages

confidence(English)seguridad(Español)Sicherheit(Deutsch)segurança(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • scéurité
  • securite
  • ssécurité
  • séccurité
  • sécruité
  • sécuirté
  • sécuritté
  • sécuriét
  • sécurrité
  • sécurtié
  • séucrité
  • éscurité

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sécurité - 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.

scéurité2securite2ssécurité1séccurité1sécruité2sécuirté2sécuritté1sécuriét2
Edit distance from "sécurité"

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 "sécurité"?
"sécurité" is spelled S-É-C-U-R-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \se.ky.ʁi.te\.
What does "sécurité" mean?
As a noun, "sécurité" means: Confiance, tranquillité d’esprit qui résulte de l’opinion, bien ou mal fondée, qu’on n’a pas à craindre de danger.
What words are commonly confused with "sécurité"?
"sécurité" is commonly confused with "séduite", "security", "sévérité". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sécurité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sécurité" is \se.ky.ʁi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sécurité" come from?
"sécurité" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “sécurité”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is S-É-C-U-R-I-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \se.ky.ʁi.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “séduite” - see the side-by-side comparison. sécurité vs séduite
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Same frequency band

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list