souricière

\su.ʁi.sjɛʁ\

/\su.ʁi.sjɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“souricière” is uncommon French (frequency #61,906 among 394,209 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,906
frequency rank, French
394,209
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Piège pour prendre des souris. La souricière prend généralement la forme d'une pince qui se rabat sur la souris pour la tuer ou d'une cage dans laquelle la souris peut entrer, mais pas sortir.

Key facts for souricière
PropertyValue
Headwordsouricière
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\su.ʁi.sjɛʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#61,906
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “souricière” 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). souricière lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

souricière is uncommon French at frequency #61,906 among 394,209 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \su.ʁi.sjɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for souricière in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is souricière, spelled S-O-U-R-I-C-I-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Piège pour prendre des souris. La souricière prend généralement la forme d'une pince qui se rabat sur la souris pour la tuer ou d'une cage dans laquelle la souris peut entrer, mais pas sortir.
  2. 2
    Piège que l’on tend à ses adversaires, à ses ennemis, dans un endroit où on les attire, où l’on pense qu’ils ne peuvent manquer de venir se faire prendre.
  3. 3
    Lieu de passage dont la configuration évoque une souricière, c'est-à-dire une sorte de tunnel.

This word in other languages

mousetrap(English)ratonera(Español)Mausefalle(Deutsch)

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 "souricière"?
"souricière" is spelled S-O-U-R-I-C-I-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \su.ʁi.sjɛʁ\.
What does "souricière" mean?
As a noun, "souricière" means: Piège pour prendre des souris. La souricière prend généralement la forme d'une pince qui se rabat sur la souris pour la tuer ou d'une cage dans laquelle la souris peut entrer, mais pas sortir.
How do you pronounce "souricière"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "souricière" is \su.ʁi.sjɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "souricière" come from?
"souricière" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “souricière”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is S-O-U-R-I-C-I-È-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \su.ʁi.sjɛʁ\ (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