surmount
/sɚˈmaʊnt/verb
surmount is spelled S-U-R-M-O-U-N-T: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, surmount means “To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in surmount?
| Letters | 8: S-U-R-M-O-U-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 74,122nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is surmount?
Surmount appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,122nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce surmount?
- UK /səˈmaʊnt/
- US /sɚˈmaʊnt/
- Australia /səˈmæɔnt/
Surmount has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-surmount.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with surmount?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as surmount from its last stressed vowel (/aʊnt/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of surmount
- surmounts present, singular, he/she/it
- surmounting participle, present
- surmounted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does surmount mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To get or be over without touching or resting on; to overcome.
- 2
To cap; to sit on top of.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Surmount in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to get over; to overcome:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | surmonter |
| German | überwinden |
| Portuguese | superar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does surmount come from?
From Middle English surmounten, from Old French surmonter (“to rise above, surmount”), from sur- (“above”) + monter (“to mount”), equivalent to sur- + mount.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).