Surville

\syʁ.vil\

/\syʁ.vil\/ name

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The verdict

“Surville” is uncommon French (frequency #85,300 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,300
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Calvados.

Corpus desk

Index FR-surville · Surville · French

Surville · rank #85,300 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,300
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH surpeuplement

Nearest frequency peer: surpeuplement (-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 « Surville »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Surville » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Surville
PropertyValue
HeadwordSurville
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\syʁ.vil\
Letters8
Frequency rank#85,300
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Surville » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Survilletombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « surpeuplement » (#85,299), « survêtements » (#85,301), « surnommées » (#85,298). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « Surville » est au #85,300. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Surville is uncommon French at frequency #85,300 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \syʁ.vil\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Surville, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Surville, spelled S-U-R-V-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département du Calvados.
  2. 2
    Commune française, située dans le département de l’Eure.
  3. 3
    Village et ancienne commune française, située dans le département de la Manche intégrée dans la commune de La Haye en janvier 2016.
  4. 4
    Quartier populeux de la commune de Montereau-Fault-Yonne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La côte de Surville apparut, les deux ponts se rapprochaient, on longea une corderie, ensuite une rangée de maisons basses ; […]
  2. Déjà les hautes tours du plateau de Surville, banlieue de Montereau-Fault-Yonne, se profilent à l'horizon.

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 "Surville"?
"Surville" is spelled S-U-R-V-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \syʁ.vil\.
What does "Surville" mean?
As a proper noun, "Surville" means: Commune française, située dans le département du Calvados.
How do you pronounce "Surville"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Surville" is \syʁ.vil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Surville" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

synodaux#85,303spinetta#85,288soignera#85,281tolérera#85,327

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list