sourcier

\suʁ.sje\

/\suʁ.sje\/ noun

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The verdict

“sourcier” is uncommon French (frequency #75,247 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,247
frequency rank, French
394,209
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Celui qui passe pour habile à découvrir des sources, qui fait métier de les rechercher.

Key facts for sourcier
PropertyValue
Headwordsourcier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\suʁ.sje\
Letters8
Frequency rank#75,247
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “sourcier” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). sourcier lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sourcier is uncommon French at frequency #75,247 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \suʁ.sje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

sourcier doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is sourcier, spelled S-O-U-R-C-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui passe pour habile à découvrir des sources, qui fait métier de les rechercher.
  2. 2
    Traducteur qui a tendance à ne pas trop s’éloigner formellement du texte de départ, créant ainsi des traductions qu’un cibliste jugera parfois trop serviles, inélégantes ou antinaturelles.
  3. 3
    (Jargon des métiers des grands accélérateurs de particules) Physicien, ingénieur ou technicien chargé de concevoir et faire fonctionner les sources d’ions.

Synonyms

radiesthésisterhabdomancien

Antonyms

cibliste

This word in other languages

dowser(English)vedor(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sourcier"?
"sourcier" is spelled S-O-U-R-C-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \suʁ.sje\.
What does "sourcier" mean?
As a noun, "sourcier" means: Celui qui passe pour habile à découvrir des sources, qui fait métier de les rechercher.
How do you pronounce "sourcier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sourcier" is \suʁ.sje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sourcier" come from?
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Using “sourcier”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is S-O-U-R-C-I-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \suʁ.sje\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list