surenchère

\sy.ʁɑ̃.ʃɛʁ\

/\sy.ʁɑ̃.ʃɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“surenchère” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,385. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,385
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enchère qu’on fait au-dessus d’une autre enchère.

Corpus desk

Index FR-surenchere · surenchère · French

surenchère · rank #23,385 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,385
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH sunshine

Nearest frequency peer: sunshine (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « surenchère »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « surenchère » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for surenchère
PropertyValue
Headwordsurenchère
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sy.ʁɑ̃.ʃɛʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#23,385
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « surenchère »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).surenchèrese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sunshine » (#23,384), « suspensions » (#23,386), « subtilités » (#23,383). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « surenchère » est au #23,385. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around surenchère (IPA \sy.ʁɑ̃.ʃɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,385 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for surenchère, with forms such as "sruenchère", "ssurenchère", and "suernchère". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is surenchère, spelled S-U-R-E-N-C-H-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Enchère qu’on fait au-dessus d’une autre enchère.
  2. 2
    Promesse plus grande, action de rivaliser de promesses ou d’être en compétition forcenée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il a fait une surenchère sur moi.
  2. Le chœur des conversations augmente peu à peu de volume et, dans une surenchère d’efforts et d’inventivités progressive, émerge une société quelconque.

Synonyms

course à l’échalote

This word in other languages

outbid(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sruenchère
  • ssurenchère
  • suernchère
  • surecnhère
  • surencchère
  • surenchere
  • surenchhère
  • surenchrèe
  • surenchèer
  • surenchèrre
  • surencèhre
  • surenhcère
  • surennchère
  • surnechère
  • surrenchère
  • usrenchère

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of surenchère - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

sruenchère2ssurenchère1suernchère2surecnhère2surencchère1surenchere1surenchhère1surenchrèe2
Edit distance from "surenchère"

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 "surenchère"?
"surenchère" is spelled S-U-R-E-N-C-H-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.ʁɑ̃.ʃɛʁ\.
What does "surenchère" mean?
As a noun, "surenchère" means: Enchère qu’on fait au-dessus d’une autre enchère.
What are common misspellings of "surenchère"?
Common misspellings include "sruenchère", "ssurenchère", "suernchère", "surecnhère", "surencchère". The correct spelling is "surenchère".
How do you pronounce "surenchère"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "surenchère" is \sy.ʁɑ̃.ʃɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "surenchère" come from?
"surenchère" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

subtilités#23,383sollicités#23,373signataire#23,369sculpteurs#23,365

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

travailliste16 variantsrédactrice16 variantségyptiennes16 variantsrecouvertes16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list