séquestre
\se.kɛstʁ\
The verdict
“séquestre” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #32,615 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #32,615
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - État d’une chose litigieuse remise en main tierce par ordre de justice ou par convention des parties, jusqu’à ce qu’il soit réglé et jugé à qui elle appartiendra.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | séquestre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \se.kɛstʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #32,615 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “séquestre” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for séquestre is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \se.kɛstʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #32,615 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for séquestre, with forms such as "sequestre", "sqéuestre", and "sséquestre". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "semestre", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is séquestre, spelled S-É-Q-U-E-S-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1État d’une chose litigieuse remise en main tierce par ordre de justice ou par convention des parties, jusqu’à ce qu’il soit réglé et jugé à qui elle appartiendra.
- 2Dépositaire, celui entre les mains de qui les choses sont mises en séquestre.
- 3La chose séquestrée.
- 4Main mise d’un État sur des territoires ou des biens appartenant à un autre État ou à ses ressortissants.
- 5État d’une personne que l’on prive illégalement et arbitrairement de sa liberté.
- 6Lieu où l’on enfermait un enfant (collégien, apprenti) par mesure de punition.
- 7Personne qui assure la garde d’une personne séquestrée.
- 8Celui chez qui on déposait l’argent destiné à acheter des juges, des électeurs.
- 9Portion nécrosée d’un tissu cellulaire, notamment fragment d’os, qui se trouve enclavé dans les tissus.
- 10Médicament utilisé pendant une opération et conservé pour analyse ultérieure.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: sequestre,sqéuestre,sséquestre,séqeustre,séqquestre,séquesrte,séquesstre,séquester,séquestrre,séquesttre,séquetsre,séqusetre,séuqestre,ésquestre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of séquestre - 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.
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 “séquestre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-É-Q-U-E-S-T-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \se.kɛstʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “semestre” - see the side-by-side comparison. séquestre vs semestre
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.