surenchère
\sy.ʁɑ̃.ʃɛʁ\
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
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Enchère qu’on fait au-dessus d’une autre enchère.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | surenchère |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sy.ʁɑ̃.ʃɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #23,385 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “surenchère” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around surenchère (IPA \sy.ʁɑ̃.ʃɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,385 among 394,209 “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
- 1Enchère qu’on fait au-dessus d’une autre enchère.
- 2Promesse plus grande, action de rivaliser de promesses ou d’être en compétition forcenée.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “surenchère”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-U-R-E-N-C-H-È-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sy.ʁɑ̃.ʃɛʁ\ (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
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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.