survol

\syʁ.vɔl\

/\syʁ.vɔl\/ noun

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The verdict

“survol” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,426. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,426
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de voler au-dessus d'un endroit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-survol · survol · French

survol · rank #22,426 · 9 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,426
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH suscitent

Nearest frequency peer: suscitent (+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 « survol »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « survol » 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).

survol vs survolé
86% similar
survol vs survoler
75% similar
survol vs survie
67% similar

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

Key facts for survol
PropertyValue
Headwordsurvol
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\syʁ.vɔl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#22,426
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « survol »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).survolse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « suscitent » (#22,427), « stay » (#22,424), « suspendues » (#22,428). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « survol » est au #22,426. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around survol (IPA \syʁ.vɔl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,426 among 6,032 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for survol, with forms such as "sruvol", "ssurvol", and "surovl". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "survolé", "survoler", "survie", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is survol, spelled S-U-R-V-O-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de voler au-dessus d'un endroit.
  2. 2
    Passage d'un engin spatial à proximité d'un astre sans capture par ce dernier.
  3. 3
    Regard rapide et superficiel sur un sujet.
  4. 4
    Exploration rapide sur écran, sans possibilité de modification, du contenu d’une mémoire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. «Le ministère des Affaires étrangères de la République de Bulgarie (...) n’a pas donné l’autorisation diplomatique pour le survol du territoire bulgare pour les avions russes», a indiqué la diplomatie bulgare dans un communiqué, défendant une décision «conforme au régime des sanctions de l’UE contre la Russie».
  2. La jeunesse connaît ces privilèges : Qui saurait la confondre ? L'expérience, cette béquille pour éclopés de la vie, ne vient point alourdir le survol de ses certitudes.

This word in other languages

flyby(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • sruvol
  • ssurvol
  • surovl
  • surrvol
  • survlo
  • survoll
  • survvol
  • suvrol
  • usrvol

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of survol - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

sruvol2ssurvol1surovl2surrvol1survlo2survoll1survvol1suvrol2
Edit distance from "survol"

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 "survol"?
"survol" is spelled S-U-R-V-O-L. The IPA pronunciation is \syʁ.vɔl\.
What does "survol" mean?
As a noun, "survol" means: Action de voler au-dessus d'un endroit.
What words are commonly confused with "survol"?
"survol" is commonly confused with "survolé", "survoler", "survie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "survol"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "survol" is \syʁ.vɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "survol" come from?
"survol" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Sutton#22,429serial#22,417sapins#22,412référé#22,408

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

stature9 variantssonnent9 variantsvotant9 variantsredonné9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list