sûrement
French, adverb
sûrement is spelled S-Û-R-E-M-E-N-T (8 letters) and appears 50 times per million words in written French, the 1,660th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sûrement is a French adverb meaning “surely, certainly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, surement is a different word: “post-1990 spelling of sûrement”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “De manière sûre ; certainement”.
What does sûrement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
surely, certainly
- 2
probably
adverb
- 1
post-1990 spelling of sûrement
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. De manière sûre ; certainement. 2. Avec sûreté, en sûreté, en toute assurance. 3. Probablement ; sans doute.
adverb: 1. De manière sure ; certainement. 2. (Dans un sens affaibli et par antithèse exprimant l’incertitude) Probablement, sans doute.
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 sûrement
- surement alternative
- sûrement
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to sûrement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sûrement in French?
sûrement appears 50 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).