# surmise

> English word · Noun · IPA /sɜːˈmaɪz/ · frequency rank #43,399

## Definitions
1. Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
2. Reflection; thought; posit.

## Etymology
From Old French surmis, past participle of surmetre, surmettre (“to accuse”), from sur- (“upon”) + metre (“to put”).

## Easily confused with
- **survive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/surmise-vs-survive)
- **surprise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/surmise-vs-surprise)
- **sunrise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sunrise-vs-surmise)

## Common misspellings (10)
`srumise`, `ssurmise`, `sumrise`, `surimse`, `surmies`, `surmisse`, `surmmise`, `surmsie`, `surrmise`, `usrmise`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/surmise