souci officinal
\su.si ɔ.fi.si.nal\
The verdict
“souci officinal” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plante herbacée vivace en climat doux, mais souvent cultivée comme annuelle, aux feuilles oblongues, aux capitules jaunes à jaune orangé, qui se sème spontanément dans les friches et les jardins.
Corpus desk
Index FR-souci-officinal · souci officinal · French
souci officinal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | souci officinal |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \su.si ɔ.fi.si.nal\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
souci officinal is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \su.si ɔ.fi.si.nal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plante herbacée vivace en climat doux, mais souvent cultivée comme annuelle, aux feuilles oblongues, aux capitules jaunes à jaune orangé, qui se sème spontanément dans les friches et les jardins.".
souci officinal has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is souci officinal, spelled S-O-U-C-I- -O-F-F-I-C-I-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Plante herbacée vivace en climat doux, mais souvent cultivée comme annuelle, aux feuilles oblongues, aux capitules jaunes à jaune orangé, qui se sème spontanément dans les friches et les jardins.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how souci officinal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Plante de prédilection de la phytothérapie, reconnu pour ses vertus calmantes et cicatrisantes, le souci officinal est un remède souverain pour les petits problèmes cutanés.
Le souci officinal est une plante herbacée annuelle, à fleurs jaunes-orangé, dont la floraison commence aux premiers jours du printemps et peut durer presque toute l'année.
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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.