Which to use
“secoué” and “secouée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,063
- “secoué” frequency rank
- #32,593
- “secouée” frequency rank
- 50656
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | secoué | secouée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de secouer. | Participe passé féminin singulier de secouer. |
Same sound, different letters: secoué vs secouée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. secoué runs 6 letters (CVCVVV) against secouée's 7 (CVCVVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - secoué and secouée
This is the hard kind. secoué and secouée are pronounced identically (\sə.kwe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “secoué” sits inside “secouée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50656, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
secoué is recorded at frequency rank #18,063, classified as averb, pronounced \sə.kwe\. secouée is at rank #32,593, tagged as averb, pronounced \sə.kwe\.
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 50656, this pair ranks #160,957 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of secoué vs secouée
Shared letters: ceosué. Private to "secoué": -. Private to "secouée": -.
"secoué" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV · "secouée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "secoué" for "secouée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "secoué" vs "secouée" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "secoué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "secouée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #160,957 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "secoué" and "secouée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "secouée vs secouent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #160,957 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.