surélever

\sy.ʁel.ve\

/\sy.ʁel.ve\/ verb

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The verdict

“surélever” is uncommon French (frequency #74,413 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,413
frequency rank, French
394,209
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Donner un surcroît d’élévation, mettre en hauteur.

Key facts for surélever
PropertyValue
Headwordsurélever
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sy.ʁel.ve\
Letters9
Frequency rank#74,413
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “surélever” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). surélever lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

surélever is uncommon French at frequency #74,413 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \sy.ʁel.ve\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

surélever doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is surélever, spelled S-U-R-É-L-E-V-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Donner un surcroît d’élévation, mettre en hauteur.
  2. 2
    Étager les plantations.
  3. 3
    Décaler des organes ou des parties d’organe.
  4. 4
    Augmenter l’altitude d’un objet en orbite. → voir surélévation d’orbite
  5. 5
    Exalter les sentiments.
  6. 6
    Élever grandement, spirituellement ou intellectuellement.

Antonyms

rabaissersurbaisser

This word in other languages

raise(English)erhöhen(Deutsch)

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 "surélever"?
"surélever" is spelled S-U-R-É-L-E-V-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.ʁel.ve\.
What does "surélever" mean?
As a verb, "surélever" means: Donner un surcroît d’élévation, mettre en hauteur.
How do you pronounce "surélever"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "surélever" is \sy.ʁel.ve\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "surélever" come from?
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Using “surélever”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is S-U-R-É-L-E-V-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \sy.ʁel.ve\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list