fée grise
\fe ɡʁiz\
The verdict
“fée grise” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Morphine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-fee-grise · fée grise · French
fée grise · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fée grise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \fe ɡʁiz\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « fée grise » en français
Rare enough to double-check
fée grise is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \fe ɡʁiz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Morphine.".
No misspelling variants are generated for fée grise in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is fée grise, spelled F-É-E- -G-R-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Morphine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how fée grise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À l’hôpital, soigné à la morphine, il en était devenu dépendant, ne pouvait plus s’en passer, l’appelait sa fée grise. « En voulez-vous ? proposa-t-il à Verlaine qui commandait une énième absinthe. Ça vous changera de la fée verte. »
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.