sourdre
\suʁdʁ\
The verdict
“sourdre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jaillir, surgir, en parlant d’une source d’eau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-sourdre · sourdre · French
sourdre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | sourdre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \suʁdʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « sourdre » en français
Rare enough to double-check
sourdre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \suʁdʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for sourdre in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is sourdre, spelled S-O-U-R-D-R-E.
Definition
- 1Jaillir, surgir, en parlant d’une source d’eau.
- 2Arriver comme d’un lieu caché, en parlant d’une manifestation physiologique.
- 3Arriver comme d’un lieu caché, en parlant de lumière.
- 4Naître, se manifester, faiblement pour commencer, en parlant d’une idée ou d’une émotion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sourdre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les Mongols nous recommandèrent de suivre avec beaucoup de prudence les sentiers battus, et de nous éloigner des endroits où nous verrions l’eau sourdre et monter.
Déjà on entend le bruit de l’eau qui sourd du rocher par trois fissures et tombe d’assez haut dans un petit étang.
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.