surpasser

\syʁ.pa.se\

/\syʁ.pa.se\/ verb

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The verdict

“surpasser” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,782. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,782
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Excéder ; être plus haut, plus élevé ou plus gros.

Corpus desk

Index FR-surpasser · surpasser · French

surpasser · rank #21,782 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #21,782
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH surnommée

Nearest frequency peer: surnommée (-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 « surpasser »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « surpasser » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

surpasser vs surpassé
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for surpasser
PropertyValue
Headwordsurpasser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\syʁ.pa.se\
Letters9
Frequency rank#21,782
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « surpasser »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « surnommée » (#21,781), « swan » (#21,783), « superviseur » (#21,780). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « surpasser » est au #21,782. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around surpasser (IPA \syʁ.pa.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #21,782 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for surpasser, with forms such as "srupasser", "ssurpasser", and "suprasser". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "surpassé", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is surpasser, spelled S-U-R-P-A-S-S-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Excéder ; être plus haut, plus élevé ou plus gros.
  2. 2
    être au-dessus de, surmonter en quelque chose ; il se dit en bien et en mal.
  3. 3
    Excéder les forces, l’intelligence, les ressources.
  4. 4
    Causer un étonnement qui confond les idées.
  5. 5
    Faire encore mieux qu’on ne fait à son ordinaire, ou qu’on n’a fait jusqu’à présent.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les Emeraudes Occidentales sont ordinairement beaucoup plus grosses que les Orientales : on en trouve qui surpassent en largeur la paume de la main. On doit choisir les plus dures, les plus belles, & les plus resplendissantes.
  2. Avec 2359 nouveaux cas de COVID-19 recensés samedi, l'Ontario surpasse pour une première fois le Québec en matière du nombre de cas déclarés depuis les débuts de la pandémie.

Synonyms

excédersurclassercrever le plafond

This word in other languages

outdo(English)exceder(Español)übertreffen(Deutsch)ultrapassar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • srupasser
  • ssurpasser
  • suprasser
  • surapsser
  • surpaser
  • surpasesr
  • surpasserr
  • surpassre
  • surppasser
  • surpsaser
  • surrpasser
  • usrpasser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of surpasser - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

srupasser2ssurpasser1suprasser2surapsser2surpaser1surpasesr2surpasserr1surpassre2
Edit distance from "surpasser"

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 "surpasser"?
"surpasser" is spelled S-U-R-P-A-S-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \syʁ.pa.se\.
What does "surpasser" mean?
As a verb, "surpasser" means: Excéder ; être plus haut, plus élevé ou plus gros.
What words are commonly confused with "surpasser"?
"surpasser" is commonly confused with "surpassé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "surpasser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "surpasser" is \syʁ.pa.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "surpasser" come from?
"surpasser" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

surnommée#21,781Stevenson#21,777Tennessee#21,791tiendrait#21,796

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

utilisais12 variantsvivacité12 variantségoïstes12 variantspâtissier12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list