surpeuplé

\syʁ.pœ.ple\

/\syʁ.pœ.ple\/ verb

The verdict

“surpeuplé” is uncommon French (frequency #61,171 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,171
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe surpeupler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-surpeuple · surpeuplé · French

surpeuplé · rank #61,171 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,171
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH surcoûts

Nearest frequency peer: surcoûts (-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 « surpeuplé »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for surpeuplé
PropertyValue
Headwordsurpeuplé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\syʁ.pœ.ple\
Letters9
Frequency rank#61,171
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « surpeuplé » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).surpeuplétombe 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: « surcoûts » (#61,170), « surprenne » (#61,172), « surclassé » (#61,169). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « surpeuplé » est au #61,171. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

surpeuplé is uncommon French at frequency #61,171 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \syʁ.pœ.ple\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe surpeupler.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for surpeuplé, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is surpeuplé, spelled S-U-R-P-E-U-P-L-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe surpeupler.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. C'est toutefois ce Sud anglais surpeuplé qui sert de référence pour juger des charmes de la campagne française.

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 "surpeuplé"?
"surpeuplé" is spelled S-U-R-P-E-U-P-L-É. The IPA pronunciation is \syʁ.pœ.ple\.
What does "surpeuplé" mean?
As a verb, "surpeuplé" means: Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe surpeupler.
How do you pronounce "surpeuplé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "surpeuplé" is \syʁ.pœ.ple\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "surpeuplé" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list