# surround

> English word · Verb · IPA /səˈɹaʊnd/ · frequency rank #9,827

## Definitions
1. To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.
2. To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.
3. To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate.

## Etymology
From Middle English sourrounden (“to submerge, overflow”), from Middle French souronder, suronder, from Late Latin superundō, from super + undō (“to rise in waves”), from unda (“wave”).

## Easily confused with
- **surrounds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/surround-vs-surrounds)
- **surrounded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/surround-vs-surrounded)

## Common misspellings (10)
`sruround`, `ssurround`, `surorund`, `suround`, `surronud`, `surroudn`, `surroundd`, `surrounnd`, `surruond`, `usrround`

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