séquestrée

\se.kɛs.tʁe\

/\se.kɛs.tʁe\/ verb

The verdict

“séquestrée” is uncommon French (frequency #56,304 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,304
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé féminin singulier de séquestrer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sequestree · séquestrée · French

séquestrée · rank #56,304 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,304
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH séjournant

Nearest frequency peer: séjournant (-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 « séquestrée »

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 « séquestrée » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for séquestrée
PropertyValue
Headwordséquestrée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\se.kɛs.tʁe\
Letters10
Frequency rank#56,304
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « séquestrée » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.séquestréetombe 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: « séjournant » (#56,303), « séropositifs » (#56,305), « syncrétisme » (#56,302). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « séquestrée » est au #56,304. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

séquestrée is uncommon French at frequency #56,304 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \se.kɛs.tʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe passé féminin singulier de séquestrer.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for séquestrée, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is séquestrée, spelled S-É-Q-U-E-S-T-R-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé féminin singulier de séquestrer.

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 "séquestrée"?
"séquestrée" is spelled S-É-Q-U-E-S-T-R-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \se.kɛs.tʁe\.
What does "séquestrée" mean?
As a verb, "séquestrée" means: Participe passé féminin singulier de séquestrer.
How do you pronounce "séquestrée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "séquestrée" is \se.kɛs.tʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "séquestrée" come from?
"séquestrée" 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 "séquestrée", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list