gris souris
\ɡʁi su.ʁi\
The verdict
“gris souris” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couleur de robe de cheval rare, qui est grise, avec la crinière, la queue, le contour des oreilles et le bas des membres noirs.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gris-souris · gris souris · French
gris souris · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | gris souris |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡʁi su.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
gris souris is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡʁi su.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gris souris, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is gris souris, spelled G-R-I-S- -S-O-U-R-I-S.
Definition
- 1Couleur de robe de cheval rare, qui est grise, avec la crinière, la queue, le contour des oreilles et le bas des membres noirs.
- 2D’une nuance de gris, mélangé de blanc. #9E9E9E
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how gris souris appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Deux mers asymétriques enclavées, mauves et gris souris, s'étalent sous mes yeux.
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