ivre

Name: ivre, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ivʁ\

/\ivʁ\/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“ivre” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #9,682) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#9,682
frequency rank, French: 3,561
“I” headwords: 2
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a le cerveau troublé par l’effet des boissons fermentées, par l’alcool, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ivre · ivre · French

ivre · rank #9,682 · 2 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #9,682
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-LOW 2 variants
BOOK-MID 3,561
PHOTO-FINISH investigation

Nearest frequency peer: investigation (-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.

invente

90,321
investigati…

90,320
ivre

90,319
jouera

90,317
Julian

90,316
lancent

90,315

What this shows Les barres placent « ivre » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ivre vs ivy

50% similar

ivre vs ixe

50% similar

ivre vs Ivry

50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ivre
Property	Value
Headword	ivre
Language	French
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	\ivʁ\
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#9,682
Misspellings tracked	2
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « ivre »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ivrese place ici:

#9,682

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « investigation » (#9,681), « invente » (#9,680), « jouera » (#9,684). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « ivre » est au #9,682. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for ivre is neighbouring look-alikes ("ivy", "ixe", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced \ivʁ\. Frequency #9,682 among 3,561 “I” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 2 likely wrong-spelling variants for ivre, including "iver" and "ivrre". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ivy", "ixe", "Ivry", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ivre, spelled I-V-R-E.

Definition

1
Qui a le cerveau troublé par l’effet des boissons fermentées, par l’alcool, etc.
2
Qui a l’âme troublée par le transport, le délire, l’égarement d’une passion.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Dans le courant de 1877 et de 1878, sa marche fut troublée et difficile au point qu'il faisait des zigzags comme une personne ivre, qu'il titubait même quelquefois ; […].
Car, insoucieux en effet du temps, ivre de vin et de discussions métaphysiques, le Mousse avait visité une à une toutes les fermes du plateau, […].

Synonyms

aviné beurrébeurré comme un p’tit lubeurré comme un Petit Lu bittu bitu bituré bleu blindé bourrasse bourré bourré comme un coincomme un coingbourré comme une caissebourré comme un cartablebourrachobu casquette cassé chanter la Marseillaise en breton charasse chaud chaudasse cointché complet cramé cramé comme une torche cuit cuité déchenillé déchiré fait fracassé éméché empégué gris imbibé noir paf pété pété comme un coincomme un coingpété comme un serre-jointpété comme un Petit LU pilo plein plein comme un œufplein comme une barriquepoivre poivré pompette raide raide comme un passe-lacet rôti rondrond comme un coincomme un coingrond comme une queue de pelle saoul soul soûl saoul comme un cochon saoul soul comme un Polonais schlass torchon, chiffon, carpette

This word in other languages

drunk(English)borracho(Español)berauscht(Deutsch)bêbado(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

iver
ivrre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ivre - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "ivre"

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 "ivre"?

"ivre" is spelled I-V-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ivʁ\.

What does "ivre" mean?

As an adjective, "ivre" means: Qui a le cerveau troublé par l’effet des boissons fermentées, par l’alcool, etc.

What words are commonly confused with "ivre"?

"ivre" is commonly confused with "ivy", "ixe", "Ivry". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "ivre"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ivre" is \ivʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "ivre" come from?

"ivre" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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