surconfiance
\syʁ.kɔ̃.fjɑ̃s\
The verdict
“surconfiance” 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) - Excès de confiance en soi.
Corpus desk
Index FR-surconfiance · surconfiance · French
surconfiance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | surconfiance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \syʁ.kɔ̃.fjɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « surconfiance » en français
Rare enough to double-check
surconfiance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \syʁ.kɔ̃.fjɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Excès de confiance en soi.".
surconfiance has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is surconfiance, spelled S-U-R-C-O-N-F-I-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Excès de confiance en soi.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how surconfiance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dunning et Kruger mènent une enquête auprès d’étudiants, et parviennent à expliquer cet « effet de surconfiance ».
Un sondage américain, devenu viral, révèle que près de la moitié des hommes pensent réussir l’atterrissage d’un avion en cas d’urgence. D’où vient cette apparente surconfiance masculine ?
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.