fée grise
\fe ɡʁiz\
The verdict
“fée grise” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Morphine.
| 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) |
Where “fée grise” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for fée grise is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \fe ɡʁiz\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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 “fée grise”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-É-E- -G-R-I-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \fe ɡʁiz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.