Which to use
“secouée” and “secouru” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,593
- “secouée” frequency rank
- #27,964
- “secouru” frequency rank
- 60557
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | secouée | secouru |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de secouer. | Participe passé masculin singulier de secourir. |
Where the eye mixes secouée and secouru
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. secouée (CVCVVVV) and secouru (CVCVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between secouée and secouru
A purely visual mix-up. secouée (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60557, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
secouée is recorded at frequency rank #32,593, 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 60557, this pair ranks #96,994 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of secouée vs secouru
Shared letters: ceosu. Private to "secouée": é. Private to "secouru": r.
"secouée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVVV · "secouru" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- secouru ← escouru · sceouru · seccouru · secoruu · secourru · secouur · secuoru · seocuru
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "secouée" for "secouru" ever safe?
Which is more common, "secouée" or "secouru"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "secouée" 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 #96,994 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "secouée" and "secouru" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "secouée vs secouent". 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 #96,994 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.