ail des ours
\aj dɛ.z‿uʁs\
The verdict
“ail des ours” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom vulgaire de l’Allium ursinum (famille des Alliacées), espèce d’ail croissant dans les bois, et qui peut se confondre avec des plantes très toxiques : certains arums, le colchique d’automne et l...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ail des ours |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \aj dɛ.z‿uʁs\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ail des ours” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ail des ours is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \aj dɛ.z‿uʁs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom vulgaire de l’Allium ursinum (famille des Alliacées), espèce d’ail croissant dans les bois, et qui peut se confondre avec des plantes très toxiques : certains arums, le colchique d’automne et l...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ail des ours, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ail des ours, spelled A-I-L- -D-E-S- -O-U-R-S.
Definition
- 1Nom vulgaire de l’Allium ursinum (famille des Alliacées), espèce d’ail croissant dans les bois, et qui peut se confondre avec des plantes très toxiques : certains arums, le colchique d’automne et le muguet.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “ail des ours”
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- The one correct French spelling is A-I-L- -D-E-S- -O-U-R-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \aj dɛ.z‿uʁs\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.