surrection
\sy.ʁɛk.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“surrection” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Surgissement, émergence de soi-même.
Corpus desk
Index FR-surrection · surrection · French
surrection · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | surrection |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sy.ʁɛk.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « surrection » en français
Rare enough to double-check
surrection is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sy.ʁɛk.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for surrection in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 surrection, spelled S-U-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Surgissement, émergence de soi-même.
- 2Élévation des roches profondes et métamorphisées de la lithosphère océanique subduite pour former une montagne.
- 3Action de se lever, de se mettre debout.
- 4Apparition, surgissement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how surrection appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Peindre l’homme comme il est vraiment : non pas comme l’ébauche d’une subjectivité absolue, mais comme surrection, lumière au sommet de cet incroyable arrangement qu’est un corps humain.
Ils ne sont plus prostrés dans leur incompréhension, ils vont faire mouvement de surrection et de retournement, ils ont trouvé leur raison de vivre.
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.