sortie de secours

\sɔʁ.ti də sə.kuʁ\

/\sɔʁ.ti də sə.kuʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“sortie de secours” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Issue aménagée pour une évacuation rapide en cas d’urgence, telle qu’un incendie.

Key facts for sortie de secours
PropertyValue
Headwordsortie de secours
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sɔʁ.ti də sə.kuʁ\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sortie de secours” sits in French frequency

sortie de secours falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sortie de secours is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sɔʁ.ti də sə.kuʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Issue aménagée pour une évacuation rapide en cas d’urgence, telle qu’un incendie.".

No misspelling variants are generated for sortie de secours in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is sortie de secours, spelled S-O-R-T-I-E- -D-E- -S-E-C-O-U-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Issue aménagée pour une évacuation rapide en cas d’urgence, telle qu’un incendie.

Synonyms

issue de secourssortie d’urgence

This word in other languages

emergency exit(English)Notausgang(Deutsch)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sortie de secours"?
"sortie de secours" is spelled S-O-R-T-I-E- -D-E- -S-E-C-O-U-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \sɔʁ.ti də sə.kuʁ\.
What does "sortie de secours" mean?
As a noun, "sortie de secours" means: Issue aménagée pour une évacuation rapide en cas d’urgence, telle qu’un incendie.
How do you pronounce "sortie de secours"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sortie de secours" is \sɔʁ.ti də sə.kuʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sortie de secours" come from?
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Using “sortie de secours”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is S-O-R-T-I-E- -D-E- -S-E-C-O-U-R-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \sɔʁ.ti də sə.kuʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list