par surcroît
The verdict
“par 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
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En plus ; en supplément.
Corpus desk
Index FR-par-surcroit · par surcroît · French
par surcroît · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | par surcroît |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
par surcroît is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En plus ; en supplément.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for par surcroît, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is par surcroît, spelled P-A-R- -S-U-R-C-R-O-Î-T.
Definition
- 1En plus ; en supplément.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how par surcroît appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous ne faisons que traverser Loqueffret, bourg chétif, mais industrieux, comme tous ceux de cette région, où chacun défriche, ensemence son arpent de landes, et exerce par surcroît une foule de petits métiers.
[…] ; la mouche dans l’onguent est incongrue, mais immédiatement expliquée et s’accompagne par surcroît du sentiment antagoniste de dégoût ; […]
Synonyms
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.