de surcroît
\də syʁ.kʁwa\
The verdict
“de surcroît” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De plus ; en outre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-de-surcroit · de surcroît · French
de surcroît · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | de surcroît |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \də syʁ.kʁwa\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « de surcroît » en français
Rare enough to double-check
de surcroît is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \də syʁ.kʁwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "De plus ; en outre.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for de surcroît, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is de surcroît, spelled D-E- -S-U-R-C-R-O-Î-T.
Definition
- 1De plus ; en outre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how de surcroît appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il était venu chez nous à Hurtebise, en tâcheron, de surcroît, en saisonnier.
De surcroît cette politique ne se contente pas d’être réactionnaire, elle est aussi profondément anachronique.
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.