surcroît
French, noun/syʁ.kʁwa/
surcroît is spelled S-U-R-C-R-O-Î-T (8 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written French, the 11,366th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Surcroît is a French masculine noun meaning “something that is added; an addition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of surcroître. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Augmentation, accroissement ; ce qui est ajouté à quelque chose et qui en accroît le nombre, la quantité, la…”.
What does surcroît mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesomething that is added; an addition
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative of surcroître
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Augmentation, accroissement ; ce qui est ajouté à quelque chose et qui en accroît le nombre, la quantité, la force.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de surcroît.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of surcroît
- surcroîts plural
- surcroit alternative
- surcroits plural
- surcroît
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce surcroît?
- /syʁ.kʁwa/
- \syʁ.kʁwa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is surcroît in French?
surcroît appears 4.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).