Which to use
“secoué” and “secouru” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,063
- “secoué” frequency rank
- #27,964
- “secouru” frequency rank
- 46027
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | secoué | secouru |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de secouer. | Participe passé masculin singulier de secourir. |
Where the eye mixes secoué and secouru
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. secoué runs 6 letters (CVCVVV) against secouru's 7 (CVCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: secoué vs secouru
A purely visual mix-up. secoué (\sə.kwe\) and secouru (\sə.ku.ʁy\) 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 46027, 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\. secouru is at rank #27,964, tagged as averb, pronounced \sə.ku.ʁy\.
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 46027, this pair ranks #198,184 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of secoué vs secouru
Shared letters: ceosu. Private to "secoué": é. Private to "secouru": r.
"secoué" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV · "secouru" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- secouru ← escouru · sceouru · seccouru · secoruu · secourru · secouur · secuoru · seocuru
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "secoué" and "secouru" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "secoué" or "secouru"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "secoué" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "secouru" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #198,184 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "secoué" and "secouru" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "secouru 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 #198,184 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.