Surcouf
\syʁ.kuf\
The verdict
“Surcouf” is uncommon French (frequency #68,678 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,678
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille surtout connu par Robert Surcouf, corsaire français, né à Saint-Malo (1773-1827).
Corpus desk
Index FR-surcouf · Surcouf · French
Surcouf · rank #68,678 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,678
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH surexposition
Nearest frequency peer: surexposition (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Surcouf »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- subtiliser
subtiliser
31,326 corpus weight
- Sucy
Sucy
31,325 corpus weight
- Surcouf
Surcouf
31,323 corpus weight
- surexpositi…
surexposition
31,322 corpus weight
- surgelées
surgelées
31,321 corpus weight
- surmoi
surmoi
31,320 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Surcouf » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Surcouf |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \syʁ.kuf\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,678 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Surcouf » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Surcouf is uncommon French at frequency #68,678 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \syʁ.kuf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille surtout connu par Robert Surcouf, corsaire français, né à Saint-Malo (1773-1827).".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Surcouf, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 Surcouf, spelled S-U-R-C-O-U-F.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille surtout connu par Robert Surcouf, corsaire français, né à Saint-Malo (1773-1827).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Surcouf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce soir-là, il écoutait Suzy chanter d’une voix âpre et violente des récits nostalgiques et qui le poussaient sans doute à réfléchir aux singularités de la nuit parisienne. Du moins, il avait bien choisi son endroit pour méditer, car Suzy Surcouf Solidor est une femme curieuse et attachante.
Dès qu’il est sous un toit, le Français a une sainte horreur de l’air et une terreur panique du courant d’air, source de maux incurables tels que l’emphysème, la tuberculose et la crève. Surcouf lui-même, une fois dans sa cabine, en fermait hermétiquement les croisées et ronflait sous le tropique dans une atmosphère qui datait de Saint-Malo.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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