souris grise
\su.ʁi ɡʁiz\
The verdict
“souris grise” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espèce de souris dont la queue est aussi longue que le tronc et la tête, au pelage gris-brun et qui vit souvent à proximité ou dans les habitations humaines. Note d’usage : Peut être utilisé avec d...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | souris grise |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \su.ʁi ɡʁiz\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “souris grise” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for souris grise is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \su.ʁi ɡʁiz\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
souris grise doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is souris grise, spelled S-O-U-R-I-S- -G-R-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce de souris dont la queue est aussi longue que le tronc et la tête, au pelage gris-brun et qui vit souvent à proximité ou dans les habitations humaines. Note d’usage : Peut être utilisé avec des majuscules (Souris Grise) pour mettre en avant le fait qu’on donne un caractère générique à l'expression.
- 2Auxiliaire féminine de l’armée allemande durant l’occupation de la France.
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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.
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Using “souris grise”
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- The one correct French spelling is S-O-U-R-I-S- -G-R-I-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \su.ʁi ɡʁiz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.