Souris
/sʊɚˈi/
"souris" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Souris” is uncommon English (frequency #67,065 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,065
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A town in Manitoba.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Souris |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /sʊɚˈi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,065 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Souris” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Souris is uncommon English at frequency #67,065 among 54,294 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /sʊɚˈi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Souris, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: The etymology of the name of the town on Prince Edward Island is uncertain. According to one theory, the toponym derives from a calque of French souris (“mouse”), referring to an infestation of mice near the site of the current town. According to an opposin… The correct English form is Souris, spelled S-O-U-R-I-S.
Definition
- 1A town in Manitoba.
- 2A city in North Dakota.
- 3A town in Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Etymology
The etymology of the name of the town on Prince Edward Island is uncertain. According to one theory, the toponym derives from a calque of French souris (“mouse”), referring to an infestation of mice near the site of the current town. According to an opposing theory, the toponym derives from a corruption of French Havre à l'Échouerie, derived in turn from havre (“harbour”) and échouerie (“bar”), referring to the mouth of the Souris River.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Souris”
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- The one correct English spelling is S-O-U-R-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.