What sound does a mouse make?
A mouse says “squeak”. That is the spelling. This is the recording.
Hear a real mouse
The actual recording from Soundly
Why “squeak” is not the whole answer
“Squeak” is how English writes it down, and every language writes it differently — which tells you the spelling is about the language, not about the mouse.
A small child learning the word does not need the spelling. They need the sound and the thing together, more than once, and looking slightly different each time — so that the word attaches to mouses rather than to one picture of one mouse. That is why Soundly holds five photographs and five recordings behind every one of its 72 subjects.
Mouse in 19 languages
- Englishmouse
- NorskMus
- SvenskaMus
- DanskMus
- SuomiHiiri
- DeutschMaus
- NederlandsMuis
- FrançaisSouris
- EspañolRatón
- PortuguêsRato
- ItalianoTopo
- PolskiMysz
- РусскийМышь
- TürkçeFare
- 中文老鼠
- 日本語ねずみ
- 한국어쥐
- IndonesiaTikus
- Tiếng ViệtChuột