surplomber
\syʁ.plɔ̃.be\
The verdict
“surplomber” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être hors de l’aplomb ; être en surplomb.
Corpus desk
Index FR-surplomber · surplomber · French
surplomber · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | surplomber |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \syʁ.plɔ̃.be\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
surplomber is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \syʁ.plɔ̃.be\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for surplomber in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is surplomber, spelled S-U-R-P-L-O-M-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1Être hors de l’aplomb ; être en surplomb.
- 2Se trouver au-dessus d’une chose, par une position hors d’aplomb.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how surplomber appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce mur surplombe.
Les voyageurs n’eurent que le temps de s’accrocher aux buissons qui surplombaient.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.