ours blanc
\uʁs blɑ̃\
The verdict
“ours blanc” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grand ours de couleur blanche, des régions arctiques.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ours-blanc · ours blanc · French
ours blanc · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" 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 | ours blanc |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \uʁs blɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ours blanc is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \uʁs blɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grand ours de couleur blanche, des régions arctiques.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ours blanc, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ours blanc, spelled O-U-R-S- -B-L-A-N-C.
Definition
- 1Grand ours de couleur blanche, des régions arctiques.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ours blanc appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Trois croix voisinaient avec celle qui marquait la tombe d’un matelot autrichien. Un ours blanc avait essayé de violer cette dernière que nous avons réparée […].
Rappelons que la population québécoise des ours blancs est évaluée à 5350 bêtes, donc que le cinquième du cheptel a été massacré en 5 ans...
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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.