sourie

\su.ʁi\

/\su.ʁi\/ verb

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The verdict

“sourie” is uncommon French (frequency #60,389 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,389
frequency rank, French
6,032
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de sourire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-sourie · sourie · French

sourie · rank #60,389 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,389
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,032
  • PHOTO-FINISH spina

Nearest frequency peer: spina (+1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « sourie »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « sourie » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sourie
PropertyValue
Headwordsourie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\su.ʁi\
Letters6
Frequency rank#60,389
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « sourie » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).sourietombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « spina » (#60,390), « soufflage » (#60,387), « spoon » (#60,391). Parmi 6,032 lemmes en « S », « sourie » est au #60,389. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sourie is uncommon French at frequency #60,389 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \su.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sourie, 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 no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is sourie, spelled S-O-U-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de sourire.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de sourire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how sourie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il est rare qu’Eugène sourie...

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 "sourie"?
"sourie" is spelled S-O-U-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \su.ʁi\.
What does "sourie" mean?
As a verb, "sourie" means: Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de sourire.
How do you pronounce "sourie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sourie" is \su.ʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sourie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sourie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

strips#60,398stroke#60,399shebab#60,372saquer#60,364

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list