souriceau
\su.ʁi.so\
The verdict
“souriceau” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit d’une souris, jeune souris.
Corpus desk
Index FR-souriceau · souriceau · French
souriceau · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | souriceau |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \su.ʁi.so\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « souriceau » en français
Rare enough to double-check
souriceau is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \su.ʁi.so\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petit d’une souris, jeune souris.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for souriceau in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is souriceau, spelled S-O-U-R-I-C-E-A-U.
Definition
- 1Petit d’une souris, jeune souris.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how souriceau appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un souriceau tout jeune, et qui n’avait rien vu, fut presque pris au dépourvu.
Bien que je ne fusse plus tout à fait le jeune souriceau dont parle la fable et qui trouve dans tout ce qu’il voit un sujet d’étonnement, d’admiration ou d’épouvante, je tombai, dès le commencement de ce voyage, dans une erreur qui fit bien rire mon maître et me valut ses railleries jusqu’à notre arrivée à Pau.
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.