lézard gris des murailles

\le.zaʁ ɡʁi de my.ʁaj\

/\le.zaʁ ɡʁi de my.ʁaj\/ noun

The verdict

“lézard gris des murailles” 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
25
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According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Synonyme de lézard des murailles, espèce de petit lézard d’Europe qui a aussi été introduite en Amérique du Nord, de nom scientifique Podarcis muralis.

Key facts for lézard gris des murailles
PropertyValue
Headwordlézard gris des murailles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\le.zaʁ ɡʁi de my.ʁaj\
Letters25
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “lézard gris des murailles” sits in French frequency

lézard gris des murailles falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for lézard gris des murailles is 25 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \le.zaʁ ɡʁi de my.ʁaj\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for lézard gris des murailles in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is lézard gris des murailles, spelled L-É-Z-A-R-D- -G-R-I-S- -D-E-S- -M-U-R-A-I-L-L-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonyme de lézard des murailles, espèce de petit lézard d’Europe qui a aussi été introduite en Amérique du Nord, de nom scientifique Podarcis muralis.
  2. 2
    Ancien synonyme de lézard des souches, espèce de nom scientifique Lacerta agilis.

Synonyms

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lézard gris des murailles"?
"lézard gris des murailles" is spelled L-É-Z-A-R-D- -G-R-I-S- -D-E-S- -M-U-R-A-I-L-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \le.zaʁ ɡʁi de my.ʁaj\.
What does "lézard gris des murailles" mean?
As a noun, "lézard gris des murailles" means: Synonyme de lézard des murailles, espèce de petit lézard d’Europe qui a aussi été introduite en Amérique du Nord, de nom scientifique Podarcis muralis.
How do you pronounce "lézard gris des murailles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lézard gris des murailles" is \le.zaʁ ɡʁi de my.ʁaj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “lézard gris des murailles”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is L-É-Z-A-R-D- -G-R-I-S- -D-E-S- -M-U-R-A-I-L-L-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \le.zaʁ ɡʁi de my.ʁaj\ (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.

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