Grande Ourse
\ɡʁɑ̃.d‿uʁs\
The verdict
“Grande Ourse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper 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) - Grande constellation et astérisme en astronomie occidentale, bordé par le Dragon, la Girafe, le Lynx, le Petit Lion, le Lion, la Chevelure de Bérénice, les Chiens de chasse et le Bouvier.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Grande Ourse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁɑ̃.d‿uʁs\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Grande Ourse” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Grande Ourse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ɡʁɑ̃.d‿uʁs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grande constellation et astérisme en astronomie occidentale, bordé par le Dragon, la Girafe, le Lynx, le Petit Lion, le Lion, la Chevelure de Bérénice, les Chiens de chasse et le Bouvier.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Grande Ourse, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Grande Ourse, spelled G-R-A-N-D-E- -O-U-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Grande constellation et astérisme en astronomie occidentale, bordé par le Dragon, la Girafe, le Lynx, le Petit Lion, le Lion, la Chevelure de Bérénice, les Chiens de chasse et le Bouvier.
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 “Grande Ourse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-R-A-N-D-E- -O-U-R-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡʁɑ̃.d‿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.