surenchérir

\sy.ʁɑ̃.ʃe.ʁiʁ\

/\sy.ʁɑ̃.ʃe.ʁiʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“surenchérir” is uncommon French (frequency #65,549 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,549
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire une surenchère.

Corpus desk

Index FR-surencherir · surenchérir · French

surenchérir · rank #65,549 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,549
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH surgissant

Nearest frequency peer: surgissant (+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 « surenchérir »

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 « surenchérir » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for surenchérir
PropertyValue
Headwordsurenchérir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\sy.ʁɑ̃.ʃe.ʁiʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#65,549
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « surenchérir » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).surenchérirtombe 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: « surgissant » (#65,550), « summa » (#65,547), « surmortalité » (#65,551). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « surenchérir » est au #65,549. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

surenchérir is uncommon French at frequency #65,549 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \sy.ʁɑ̃.ʃe.ʁiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for surenchérir, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is surenchérir, spelled S-U-R-E-N-C-H-É-R-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire une surenchère.
  2. 2
    Rivaliser de promesses, être en compétition forcenée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’actrice australienne Nicole Kidman a surenchéri jusqu’à la somme faramineuse de 100 000 $ (soit 97 000 €) pour acquérir le chapeau que portait Hugh Jackman dans la comédie musicale The Music Man, rapporte The Guardian.
  2. Le délai pour surenchérir est expiré.

This word in other languages

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 "surenchérir"?
"surenchérir" is spelled S-U-R-E-N-C-H-É-R-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.ʁɑ̃.ʃe.ʁiʁ\.
What does "surenchérir" mean?
As a verb, "surenchérir" means: Faire une surenchère.
How do you pronounce "surenchérir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "surenchérir" is \sy.ʁɑ̃.ʃe.ʁiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "surenchérir" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list