suroît

\sy.ʁwa\

/\sy.ʁwa\/ noun

The verdict

“suroît” is uncommon French (frequency #97,454 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,454
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Direction sud-ouest.

Corpus desk

Index FR-suroit · suroît · French

suroît · rank #97,454 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,454
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH surnommaient

Nearest frequency peer: surnommaient (-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 « suroît »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for suroît
PropertyValue
Headwordsuroît
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\sy.ʁwa\
Letters6
Frequency rank#97,454
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « suroît » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).suroîttombe 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: « surnommaient » (#97,453), « surplombait » (#97,455), « surligner » (#97,452). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « suroît » est au #97,454. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

suroît is uncommon French at frequency #97,454 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \sy.ʁwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for suroît in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is suroît, spelled S-U-R-O-Î-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Direction sud-ouest.
  2. 2
    Vent du sud-ouest.
  3. 3
    Chapeau imperméable qui protège la tête et la partie postérieure du cou des marins.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une tempête de suroît.
  2. D’autant que, Leterrier ne me contredira point, c’est pas d’la brume de mer, c’tte brume-là : le vent est quasi de suroît, c’est de la brume de terre.

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 "suroît"?
"suroît" is spelled S-U-R-O-Î-T. The IPA pronunciation is \sy.ʁwa\.
What does "suroît" mean?
As a noun, "suroît" means: Direction sud-ouest.
How do you pronounce "suroît"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "suroît" is \sy.ʁwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "suroît" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list