surexposition

\sy.ʁɛks.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\

/\sy.ʁɛks.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“surexposition” is uncommon French (frequency #68,679 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,679
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exposition excessive.

Corpus desk

Index FR-surexposition · surexposition · French

surexposition · rank #68,679 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,679
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Surcouf

Nearest frequency peer: Surcouf (-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 « surexposition »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for surexposition
PropertyValue
Headwordsurexposition
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sy.ʁɛks.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#68,679
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « surexposition » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).surexpositiontombe 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: « Surcouf » (#68,678), « surgelées » (#68,680), « surmoi » (#68,681). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « surexposition » est au #68,679. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

surexposition is uncommon French at frequency #68,679 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sy.ʁɛks.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for surexposition, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 surexposition, spelled S-U-R-E-X-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Exposition excessive.
  2. 2
    Excès de lumière, en parlant des négatifs photographiques.
  3. 3
    À l'attention du public.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il a succombé des suites d’une surexposition aux rayons X.
  2. La mise au point et la vitesse de l’obturateur (qu'on placera de préférence près de la plaque) se détermineront par quelques essais préalables; s'il y avait surexposition avec la vitesse la plus grande, on diaphragmerait tout simplement.

Antonyms

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 "surexposition"?
"surexposition" is spelled S-U-R-E-X-P-O-S-I-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.ʁɛks.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\.
What does "surexposition" mean?
As a noun, "surexposition" means: Exposition excessive.
How do you pronounce "surexposition"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "surexposition" is \sy.ʁɛks.pɔ.zi.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list