sursaut

\syʁ.so\

/\syʁ.so\/ noun

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The verdict

“sursaut” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,601. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,601
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mouvement brusque occasionné par quelque sensation subite et violente.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sursaut · sursaut · French

sursaut · rank #18,601 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,601
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH soutenues

Nearest frequency peer: soutenues (-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 « sursaut »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « sursaut » 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).

sursaut vs surtout
71% similar
sursaut vs sursauter
78% similar
sursaut vs sureau
71% similar

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

Key facts for sursaut
PropertyValue
Headwordsursaut
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\syʁ.so\
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,601
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « sursaut »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.sursautse 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 « soutenues » (#18,600), « swing » (#18,602), « sound » (#18,599). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sursaut » est au #18,601. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around sursaut (IPA \syʁ.so\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,601 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for sursaut, with forms such as "srusaut", "ssursaut", and "surasut". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "surtout", "sursauter", "sureau", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is sursaut, spelled S-U-R-S-A-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mouvement brusque occasionné par quelque sensation subite et violente.
  2. 2
    Brusque et courte augmentation du rayonnement d’un astre.
  3. 3
    Mouvement d'élan vers l'avant partant de la course ou de l'arrêt et permettant l'arrivée en fente de façon à enchaîner un élément acrobatique avant ou latéral comme la rondade ou le saut-de-mains.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. S’éveiller en sursaut. être éveillé subitement.
  2. Voilà, voilà, voilà, et puis comme ça, ça peut attendre deux ou trois heures ou deux ou trois jours... Y’en a, ils viennent, ils me réveillent en sursaut : Oh ! Oh ! Qu’est-ce qu’il y a ?

This word in other languages

spike(English)brinco(Español)sobressalto(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • srusaut
  • ssursaut
  • surasut
  • surrsaut
  • sursatu
  • sursautt
  • surssaut
  • sursuat
  • susraut
  • usrsaut

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sursaut - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

srusaut2ssursaut1surasut2surrsaut1sursatu2sursautt1surssaut1sursuat2
Edit distance from "sursaut"

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 "sursaut"?
"sursaut" is spelled S-U-R-S-A-U-T. The IPA pronunciation is \syʁ.so\.
What does "sursaut" mean?
As a noun, "sursaut" means: Mouvement brusque occasionné par quelque sensation subite et violente.
What words are commonly confused with "sursaut"?
"sursaut" is commonly confused with "surtout", "sursauter", "sureau". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sursaut"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sursaut" is \syʁ.so\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sursaut" come from?
"sursaut" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Thomson#18,606traquer#18,612troublé#18,613résolus#18,587

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

tracts10 variantsUbisoft10 variantsunissent10 variantsrésolue10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list