surveillances
\syʁ.vɛ.jɑ̃s\
The verdict
“surveillances” is uncommon French (frequency #56,294 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,294
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de surveillance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-surveillances · surveillances · French
surveillances · rank #56,294 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,294
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH supprimera
Nearest frequency peer: supprimera (-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 « surveillances »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Sturm
Sturm
43,710 corpus weight
- superficiel…
superficiellement
43,709 corpus weight
- supprimera
supprimera
43,708 corpus weight
- surveillanc…
surveillances
43,707 corpus weight
- surveillera
surveillera
43,706 corpus weight
- survienne
survienne
43,705 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « surveillances » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | surveillances |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \syʁ.vɛ.jɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #56,294 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « surveillances » en français
Rare enough to double-check
surveillances is uncommon French at frequency #56,294 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \syʁ.vɛ.jɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de surveillance.".
surveillances has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is surveillances, spelled S-U-R-V-E-I-L-L-A-N-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de surveillance.
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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