Which to use
“secours” and “séjours” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,889
- “secours” frequency rank
- #12,489
- “séjours” frequency rank
- 14378
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | secours | séjours |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Aide, assistance dans le danger, dans le besoin. | Pluriel de séjour. |
Where the eye mixes secours and séjours
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. secours and séjours follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: secours vs séjours
A purely visual mix-up. secours (\sə.kuʁ\) and séjours (\se.ʒuʁ\) 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 14378, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
secours is recorded at frequency rank #1,889, classified as anoun, pronounced \sə.kuʁ\. séjours is at rank #12,489, tagged as anoun, pronounced \se.ʒuʁ\.
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 14378, this pair ranks #396,944 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of secours vs séjours
Shared letters: orsu. Private to "secours": ce. Private to "séjours": jé.
"secours" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC · "séjours" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- secours ← escours · sceours · seccours · secorus · secourrs · secourss · secousr · secuors
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "secours" and "séjours" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "secours" or "séjours" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "secours" and "séjours" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "secours" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "séjours" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #396,944 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "secours" and "séjours" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "séjourna vs séjours". 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 #396,944 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.