surélévation

\sy.ʁe.le.va.sjɔ̃\

/\sy.ʁe.le.va.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“surélévation” is uncommon French (frequency #57,624 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,624
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de surélever.

Corpus desk

Index FR-surelevation · surélévation · French

surélévation · rank #57,624 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,624
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH survenance

Nearest frequency peer: survenance (-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 « surélévation »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « surélévation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for surélévation
PropertyValue
Headwordsurélévation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sy.ʁe.le.va.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#57,624
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « surélévation » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).surélévationtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « survenance » (#57,623), « syntaxiques » (#57,625), « surchargée » (#57,622). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « surélévation » est au #57,624. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

surélévation is uncommon French at frequency #57,624 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sy.ʁe.le.va.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for surélévation, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is surélévation, spelled S-U-R-É-L-É-V-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de surélever.
  2. 2
    État de ce qui devient plus élevé.
  3. 3
    Partie surélevée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how surélévation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La surélévation d’un mur.
  2. Or, cette surélévation est construite en pierres avec bossages, les créneaux sont plus espacés, l’appareil beaucoup plus soigné que dans la partie inférieure […].

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "surélévation"?
"surélévation" is spelled S-U-R-É-L-É-V-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.ʁe.le.va.sjɔ̃\.
What does "surélévation" mean?
As a noun, "surélévation" means: Action de surélever.
How do you pronounce "surélévation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "surélévation" is \sy.ʁe.le.va.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "surélévation" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "surélévation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list