sur-ensemble
\sy.ʁɑ̃.sɑ̃bl\
The verdict
“sur-ensemble” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Partie qui englobe un ensemble.
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Index FR-sur-ensemble · sur-ensemble · French
sur-ensemble · 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 "S" 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 | sur-ensemble |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sy.ʁɑ̃.sɑ̃bl\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
sur-ensemble is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sy.ʁɑ̃.sɑ̃bl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for sur-ensemble, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is sur-ensemble, spelled S-U-R---E-N-S-E-M-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Partie qui englobe un ensemble.
- 2Langage de programmation basé sur un autre langage qu'il enrichit de fonctionnalités supplémentaires.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sur-ensemble appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’objet est toujours un sur-ensemble de l’objet connu.
En mathématiques, un ensemble A est un sous-ensemble ou une partie d’un ensemble B, ou encore B est un sur-ensemble de A, si tout élément du sous-ensemble A est aussi élément du sur-ensemble B.
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This word in other languages
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.