surclasser
\syʁ.kla.se\
The verdict
“surclasser” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dépasser nettement en capacité ou en talent, avoir plus de classe que.
Corpus desk
Index FR-surclasser · surclasser · French
surclasser · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | surclasser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \syʁ.kla.se\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « surclasser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
surclasser is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \syʁ.kla.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for surclasser in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is surclasser, spelled S-U-R-C-L-A-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Dépasser nettement en capacité ou en talent, avoir plus de classe que.
- 2Placer à une classe supérieure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how surclasser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Chloé Maneuvrier, surclassée et seule fille alignée de la compétition régionale de water-polo sera sélectionnée en équipe U15 féminine d’Île-de-France.
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.