surrender
\ˈzʊʁəndɐ\
The verdict
“surrender” is uncommon French (frequency #62,659 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,659
- frequency rank, French
- 394,209
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Datif féminin singulier de la déclinaison forte de surrend.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | surrender |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈzʊʁəndɐ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,659 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “surrender” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
surrender is uncommon French at frequency #62,659 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈzʊʁəndɐ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for surrender, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is surrender, spelled S-U-R-R-E-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Datif féminin singulier de la déclinaison forte de surrend.
- 2Génitif féminin singulier de la déclinaison forte de surrend.
- 3Génitif pluriel (à tous les genres) de la déclinaison forte de surrend.
- 4Nominatif masculin singulier de la déclinaison forte de surrend.
- 5Nominatif masculin singulier de la déclinaison mixte de surrend.
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.
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Using “surrender”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-U-R-R-E-N-D-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈzʊʁəndɐ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.