surpuissante

\syʁ.pɥi.sɑ̃t\

/\syʁ.pɥi.sɑ̃t\/ adj

The verdict

“surpuissante” is uncommon French (frequency #69,457 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,457
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de surpuissant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-surpuissante · surpuissante · French

surpuissante · rank #69,457 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,457
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH Suriname

Nearest frequency peer: Suriname (-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 « surpuissante »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for surpuissante
PropertyValue
Headwordsurpuissante
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\syʁ.pɥi.sɑ̃t\
Letters12
Frequency rank#69,457
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « surpuissante » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.surpuissantetombe 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: « Suriname » (#69,456), « surrénales » (#69,458), « supérettes » (#69,455). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « surpuissante » est au #69,457. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

surpuissante is uncommon French at frequency #69,457 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \syʁ.pɥi.sɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de surpuissant.".

Zero misspellings are on record for surpuissante in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is surpuissante, spelled S-U-R-P-U-I-S-S-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de surpuissant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La bataille pour le maillot rouge s’annonce coriace entre le tenant du titre Evenepoel et les deux stars de la surpuissante Jumbo-Visma, Roglic et Vingegaard
  2. Un enseignant en handicapologie, qui travaille dans le supérieur, s’est aperçu que la moitié de ses élèves inscrits en master avaient fait appel à un ChatGPT, une nouvelle intelligence artificielle (IA) surpuissante, pour rédiger l’un de leurs devoirs.

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 "surpuissante"?
"surpuissante" is spelled S-U-R-P-U-I-S-S-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \syʁ.pɥi.sɑ̃t\.
What does "surpuissante" mean?
As an adjective, "surpuissante" means: Féminin singulier de surpuissant.
How do you pronounce "surpuissante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "surpuissante" is \syʁ.pɥi.sɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list