ours mal léché
\uʁs mal le.ʃe\
The verdict
“ours mal léché” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Individu aux manières grossières et d’aspect rébarbatif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ours-mal-leche · ours mal léché · French
ours mal léché · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 mal léché |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \uʁs mal le.ʃe\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ours mal léché » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ours mal léché is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \uʁs mal le.ʃe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Individu aux manières grossières et d’aspect rébarbatif.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ours mal léché in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ours mal léché, spelled O-U-R-S- -M-A-L- -L-É-C-H-É.
Definition
- 1Individu aux manières grossières et d’aspect rébarbatif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ours mal léché appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Honnête homme, cela ne faisait pas de doute, cœur excellent, caractère élevé, mais un ours et un ours fort mal léché ; bon dans les Landes, embarrassant à Bordeaux.
Le métro, le bus ou le RER modifie nos êtres. Nous devenons un autre, souvent un ours mal léché ou un loup solitaire qui s’enferme dans sa bulle, écouteur sur les oreilles.
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.