surpris

\syʁ.pʁi\

/\syʁ.pʁi\/ adj

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The verdict

“surpris” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,495. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,495
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est sous l’effet de la surprise, de l’étonnement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-surpris · surpris · French

surpris · rank #2,495 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,495
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH servi

Nearest frequency peer: servi (-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 « surpris »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « surpris » 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).

surpris vs sursis
71% similar
surpris vs surprise
88% similar
surpris vs surprises
78% similar

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

Key facts for surpris
PropertyValue
Headwordsurpris
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\syʁ.pʁi\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,495
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « surpris »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).surprisse 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 « servi » (#2,494), « terrible » (#2,496), « san » (#2,493). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « surpris » est au #2,495. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around surpris (IPA \syʁ.pʁi\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,495 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for surpris, with forms such as "srupris", "ssurpris", and "suprris". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "sursis", "surprise", "surprises", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is surpris, spelled S-U-R-P-R-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est sous l’effet de la surprise, de l’étonnement.
  2. 2
    Usurpé.
  3. 3
    Obtenu par surprise.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. "Chacun a ses faiblesses. Littré en avait pour sa bonne. Un jour qu’il la lutinait, Madame Littré poussa la porte et s’écria : « Ah, monsieur, je suis surprise ! » Et le regretté Littré, se rajustant, lui répondit : « Non, madame, vous êtes étonnée. C’est nous qui sommes surpris. »"
  2. Il en doit être de même incontestablement de ceux qui ayant été surpris par les ci-devant seigneurs sur le domaine public, sont demeurés par les effets d'une possession aussi vicieuse dans leurs mains, ou ont été transférés sans aucuns droits à leurs vassaux

This word in other languages

surprised(English)sorprendido(Español)überrascht(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • srupris
  • ssurpris
  • suprris
  • surpirs
  • surppris
  • surpriss
  • surprris
  • surprsi
  • surrpis
  • surrpris
  • usrpris

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of surpris - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

srupris2ssurpris1suprris2surpirs2surppris1surpriss1surprris1surprsi2
Edit distance from "surpris"

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 "surpris"?
"surpris" is spelled S-U-R-P-R-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \syʁ.pʁi\.
What does "surpris" mean?
As an adjective, "surpris" means: Qui est sous l’effet de la surprise, de l’étonnement.
What words are commonly confused with "surpris"?
"surpris" is commonly confused with "sursis", "surprise", "surprises". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "surpris"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "surpris" is \syʁ.pʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "surpris" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

établir#2,498avancer#2,503mélange#2,486meurtre#2,484

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

imaginer11 variantsfenêtre11 variantscharges11 variantsmagazine11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list