surreptitious
\ˌsɜɹ.əpˈtɪʃ.əs\
The verdict
“surreptitious” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Subreptice ; sournois.
Corpus desk
Index FR-surreptitious · surreptitious · French
surreptitious · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | surreptitious |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˌsɜɹ.əpˈtɪʃ.əs\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
surreptitious is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˌsɜɹ.əpˈtɪʃ.əs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Subreptice ; sournois.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for surreptitious, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is surreptitious, spelled S-U-R-R-E-P-T-I-T-I-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Subreptice ; sournois.
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.