séduire

/\se.dɥiʁ\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,900

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

séduire is aFrenchverb. It means: Égarer, abuser, faire tomber dans l’erreur par ses insinuations, par ses écrits, par ses discours, par ses exemples, etc. Pronounced \se.dɥiʁ\. It ranks #6,900 in French word frequency. Often confused with séduit and séduite.

Key facts for séduire
PropertyValue
Headwordséduire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\se.dɥiʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,900
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of séduire in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for séduire is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \se.dɥiʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,900 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for séduire, with forms such as "sdéuire", "seduire", and "sséduire". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "séduit", "séduite", "séduits", and more, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is séduire, spelled S-É-D-U-I-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Égarer, abuser, faire tomber dans l’erreur par ses insinuations, par ses écrits, par ses discours, par ses exemples, etc.
  2. 2
    Faire tomber en faute ; suborner ; corrompre ; débaucher.
  3. 3
    Convaincre de commencer une relation amoureuse.
  4. 4
    Toucher, plaire, persuader.
  5. 5
    Il s’emploie absolument, surtout dans la dernière acception.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: sdéuire,seduire,sséduire,sédduire,sédiure,séduier,séduirre,sédurie,séudire,ésduire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for séduire

Misspelling Variants of "séduire"

sdéuire7seduire7sséduire8sédduire8sédiure7séduier7séduirre8sédurie7
Misspelling Variants of "séduire"

Frequency rank: #6,900 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "séduire"?
"séduire" is spelled S-É-D-U-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \se.dɥiʁ\.
What does "séduire" mean?
As a verb, "séduire" means: Égarer, abuser, faire tomber dans l’erreur par ses insinuations, par ses écrits, par ses discours, par ses exemples, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "séduire"?
"séduire" is commonly confused with "séduit", "séduite", "séduits". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "séduire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "séduire" is \se.dɥiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "séduire" come from?
"séduire" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.