Which to use
“sacré” and “secure” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,385
- “sacré” frequency rank
- #40,492
- “secure” frequency rank
- 42877
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sacré | secure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui concerne la religion, qui a pour objet le culte de Dieu ou des dieux. | Sécurisé, sûr. |
Where the eye mixes sacré and secure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between sacré and secure
A purely visual mix-up. sacré (\sa.kʁe\) and secure (\sɪ.ˈkjʊə(ɹ)\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42877, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sacré is recorded at frequency rank #2,385, classified as anadj, pronounced \sa.kʁe\. secure is at rank #40,492, tagged as anadj, pronounced \sɪ.ˈkjʊə(ɹ)\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 42877, this pair ranks #222,221 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sacré vs secure
Shared letters: crs. Private to "sacré": aé. Private to "secure": eu.
"sacré" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "secure" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- secure ← escure · sceure · seccure · secrue · secuer · securre · seucre · ssecure
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sacré" for "secure" ever safe?
Which is more common, "sacré" or "secure"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "sacré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "secure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #222,221 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sacré" and "secure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sciure vs secure". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #222,221 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.