surpassable

\syʁ.pa.sabl\

/\syʁ.pa.sabl\/ adj

The verdict

“surpassable” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui peut être surpassé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-surpassable · surpassable · French

surpassable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for surpassable
PropertyValue
Headwordsurpassable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\syʁ.pa.sabl\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “surpassable” sits in French frequency

surpassable falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

surpassable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \syʁ.pa.sabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui peut être surpassé.".

surpassable has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. 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.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is surpassable, spelled S-U-R-P-A-S-S-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui peut être surpassé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au point de vue du muflisme démoniaque, les catholiques riches dont la Belgique est ornée me paraissent malaisément surpassables.
  2. Le meilleur single d’Elvis. Le premier titre, dans la lignée de « Baby let's play house » avec Slap, vocal syncopé et deux guitares est le chef d’œuvre absolu, le modèle difficilement surpassable.

Antonyms

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "surpassable"?
"surpassable" is spelled S-U-R-P-A-S-S-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \syʁ.pa.sabl\.
What does "surpassable" mean?
As an adjective, "surpassable" means: Qui peut être surpassé.
How do you pronounce "surpassable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "surpassable" is \syʁ.pa.sabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "surpassable" come from?
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list