sequence

\ˈsiː.kwəns\

/\ˈsiː.kwəns\/ noun

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The verdict

“sequence” is uncommon French (frequency #61,889 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,889
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chaîne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sequence · sequence · French

sequence · rank #61,889 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,889
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH semées

Nearest frequency peer: semées (-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 « sequence »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « sequence » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sequence
PropertyValue
Headwordsequence
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈsiː.kwəns\
Letters8
Frequency rank#61,889
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sequence » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sequencetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « semées » (#61,888), « semestrielle » (#61,887), « Shigeru » (#61,891). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sequence » est au #61,889. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sequence is uncommon French at frequency #61,889 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈsiː.kwəns\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sequence, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is sequence, spelled S-E-Q-U-E-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chaîne.
  2. 2
    Séquence, succession, suite, enchaînement.
  3. 3
    Série.
  4. 4
    séquence, suite (ordonnée).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how sequence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. In a nutshell, an object is iterable if it is either a physically stored sequence in memory, or an object that generates one item at a time in the context of an iteration operation—a sort of "virtual" sequence.

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 "sequence"?
"sequence" is spelled S-E-Q-U-E-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈsiː.kwəns\.
What does "sequence" mean?
As a noun, "sequence" means: Chaîne.
How do you pronounce "sequence"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sequence" is \ˈsiː.kwəns\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sequence" come from?
"sequence" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sequence", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list