jour ouvré
\ʒu.ʁ‿u.vʁe\
The verdict
“jour ouvré” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Jour travaillé dans une entreprise. On considère couramment que la semaine contient cinq jours ouvrés, du lundi au vendredi. Le samedi est un jour ouvrable et non ouvré.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jour ouvré |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ʒu.ʁ‿u.vʁe\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “jour ouvré” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for jour ouvré is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ʒu.ʁ‿u.vʁe\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Jour travaillé dans une entreprise. On considère couramment que la semaine contient cinq jours ouvrés, du lundi au vendredi. Le samedi est un jour ouvrable et non ouvré.".
No misspelling variants are generated for jour ouvré in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is jour ouvré, spelled J-O-U-R- -O-U-V-R-É.
Definition
- 1Jour travaillé dans une entreprise. On considère couramment que la semaine contient cinq jours ouvrés, du lundi au vendredi. Le samedi est un jour ouvrable et non ouvré.
This word in other languages
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 “jour ouvré”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is J-O-U-R- -O-U-V-R-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ʒu.ʁ‿u.vʁe\ (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.