surpassable
\syʁ.pa.sabl\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | surpassable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \syʁ.pa.sabl\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “surpassable” sits in French frequency
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
- 1Qui peut être surpassé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how surpassable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au point de vue du muflisme démoniaque, les catholiques riches dont la Belgique est ornée me paraissent malaisément surpassables.
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.
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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.