Séguéla
The verdict
“Séguéla” is uncommon French (frequency #82,504 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,504
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom de famille.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Séguéla |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #82,504 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Séguéla” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Séguéla is uncommon French at frequency #82,504 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Séguéla in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 Séguéla, spelled S-É-G-U-É-L-A.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
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.
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Using “Séguéla”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-É-G-U-É-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.