surmenage

\syʁ.mə.naʒ\

/\syʁ.mə.naʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“surmenage” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,812. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,812
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de surmener ou de se surmener.

Corpus desk

Index FR-surmenage · surmenage · French

surmenage · rank #48,812 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,812
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH supposait

Nearest frequency peer: supposait (-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 « surmenage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « surmenage » 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 surmenage
PropertyValue
Headwordsurmenage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\syʁ.mə.naʒ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#48,812
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « surmenage »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.surmenagese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « supposait » (#48,811), « superficies » (#48,810), « sédation » (#48,814). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « surmenage » est au #48,812. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around surmenage (IPA \syʁ.mə.naʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,812 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for surmenage, with forms such as "srumenage", "ssurmenage", and "sumrenage". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is surmenage, spelled S-U-R-M-E-N-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de surmener ou de se surmener.
  2. 2
    État de celui qui est surmené.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il voulait se reposer et se recueillir. A l'activité qui s'était emparée de lui tout à coup avait succédé une sorte de torpeur morale et physique. C'est un effet assez ordinaire du surmenage et des émotions répétées.
  2. Et, au bout d’un mois de ce surmenage, qui le brisait sans apaiser ses tourments domestiques, il tomba à un tel épuisement nerveux, que la maladie, depuis quelque temps en germe, se déclara avec une violence inquiétante.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • srumenage
  • ssurmenage
  • sumrenage
  • suremnage
  • surmeange
  • surmenaeg
  • surmenagge
  • surmengae
  • surmennage
  • surmmenage
  • surmneage
  • surrmenage
  • usrmenage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of surmenage - 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.

srumenage2ssurmenage1sumrenage2suremnage2surmeange2surmenaeg2surmenagge1surmengae2
Edit distance from "surmenage"

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 "surmenage"?
"surmenage" is spelled S-U-R-M-E-N-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \syʁ.mə.naʒ\.
What does "surmenage" mean?
As a noun, "surmenage" means: Action de surmener ou de se surmener.
What are common misspellings of "surmenage"?
Common misspellings include "srumenage", "ssurmenage", "sumrenage", "suremnage", "surmeange". The correct spelling is "surmenage".
How do you pronounce "surmenage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "surmenage" is \syʁ.mə.naʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "surmenage" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list