Sekou
The verdict
“Sekou” is uncommon French (frequency #77,922 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,922
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sekou · Sekou · French
Sekou · rank #77,922 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,922
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH seek
Nearest frequency peer: seek (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Sekou »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- scrutent
scrutent
22,082 corpus weight
- SDA
SDA
22,081 corpus weight
- seek
seek
22,080 corpus weight
- Sekou
Sekou
22,079 corpus weight
- Sendai
Sendai
22,078 corpus weight
- septièmes
septièmes
22,077 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Sekou » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sekou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #77,922 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Sekou » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Sekou is uncommon French at frequency #77,922 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Sekou in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Sekou, spelled S-E-K-O-U.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Sekou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quant au Rochelais Boudehent, il a une dynamique et une polyvalence 6-7-8 à même de postuler au groupe de 33 joueurs qui sera annoncé le 21 août, ce qui a de quoi inquiéter Sekou Macalou (Stade Français).
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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