l’ouvrir
\l‿u.vʁiʁ\
The verdict
“l’ouvrir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-l-ouvrir · l’ouvrir · French
l’ouvrir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | l’ouvrir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \l‿u.vʁiʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « l’ouvrir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
l’ouvrir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \l‿u.vʁiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Parler.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for l’ouvrir in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is l’ouvrir, spelled L-’-O-U-V-R-I-R.
Definition
- 1Parler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how l’ouvrir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Te fâche pas, Jo, qu’il a rambiné très papelard, à toi la parole, je ne l’ouvre plus.
Je vais me le faire. S’il l’ouvre, il est mort.
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.