classe ouvrière
\kla.s‿u.vʁ.iɛʁ\
The verdict
“classe ouvrière” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Catégorie sociale des prolétaires, ceux qui ne disposent pas de la propriété des moyens de production et doivent vendre leur force de travail pour vivre.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | classe ouvrière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kla.s‿u.vʁ.iɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “classe ouvrière” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
classe ouvrière is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kla.s‿u.vʁ.iɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Catégorie sociale des prolétaires, ceux qui ne disposent pas de la propriété des moyens de production et doivent vendre leur force de travail pour vivre.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for classe ouvrière, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is classe ouvrière, spelled C-L-A-S-S-E- -O-U-V-R-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Catégorie sociale des prolétaires, ceux qui ne disposent pas de la propriété des moyens de production et doivent vendre leur force de travail pour vivre.
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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 “classe ouvrière”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-L-A-S-S-E- -O-U-V-R-I-È-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kla.s‿u.vʁ.iɛʁ\ (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.