suri

\sy.ʁi\

/\sy.ʁi\/ adj

The verdict

“suri” is uncommon French (frequency #62,658 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,658
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est devenu aigre, acide, sur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-suri · suri · French

suri · rank #62,658 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,658
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH surexcité

Nearest frequency peer: surexcité (-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 « suri »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for suri
PropertyValue
Headwordsuri
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\sy.ʁi\
Letters4
Frequency rank#62,658
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « suri » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).suritombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « surexcité » (#62,657), « surrender » (#62,659), « sures » (#62,656). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « suri » est au #62,658. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

suri is uncommon French at frequency #62,658 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \sy.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est devenu aigre, acide, sur.".

No misspelling variants are generated for suri in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is suri, spelled S-U-R-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est devenu aigre, acide, sur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] la tête d’Holopherne, quand elle baigne ignominieusement dans le sang et le vin suri, près de la robe éclaboussée d’une Judith romantique.
  2. Nourris de lait sûri, d’orties, puis de grenailles de pommes de terre, finalement poussés au seigle jusqu’à frôler le coup de sang, les cochons vagabondent tout le jour dans le pachis — le clos — autour de la maison, […].

Synonyms

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 "suri"?
"suri" is spelled S-U-R-I. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.ʁi\.
What does "suri" mean?
As an adjective, "suri" means: Qui est devenu aigre, acide, sur.
How do you pronounce "suri"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "suri" is \sy.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "suri" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list