sur-le-champ
\syʁ.lə.ʃɑ̃\
The verdict
“sur-le-champ” 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) - Immédiatement, sans délai.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sur-le-champ · sur-le-champ · French
sur-le-champ · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 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-le-champ |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \syʁ.lə.ʃɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
sur-le-champ is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \syʁ.lə.ʃɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
sur-le-champ has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is sur-le-champ, spelled S-U-R---L-E---C-H-A-M-P.
Definition
- 1Immédiatement, sans délai.
- 2Sans préparation, d’abondance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sur-le-champ appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il me reconnut sur-le-champ et s’approchant, avec des mines, me confia : […].
Par contre, il y avait un retard d’impôts de quatre mille et quelques francs qu’elle régla sur-le-champ par un chèque à son nom.
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.