sur l’heure
\syʁ l‿œʁ\
The verdict
“sur l’heure” 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) - À l’instant même, immédiatement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sur-l-heure · sur l’heure · French
sur l’heure · 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 "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 l’heure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \syʁ l‿œʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sur l’heure » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sur l’heure is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \syʁ l‿œʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "À l’instant même, immédiatement.".
No misspelling variants are generated for sur l’heure in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is sur l’heure, spelled S-U-R- -L-’-H-E-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1À l’instant même, immédiatement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sur l’heure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mais, entre les lignes, comme il la sentait frémissante de révolte, toute élancée vers lui, prête à la folie de revenir sur l’heure, au moindre mot !
Le maire furieux, craignant qu’on ne le prît dans le village pour un incapable, dégomma sur l’heure son secrétaire de mairie, […].
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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.