lettre ouverte
\lɛ.tʁ‿u.vɛʁt\
The verdict
“lettre ouverte” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Brochure, tract ou article de journal auquel on donne la forme d’une lettre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-lettre-ouverte · lettre ouverte · French
lettre ouverte · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | lettre ouverte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \lɛ.tʁ‿u.vɛʁt\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « lettre ouverte » en français
Rare enough to double-check
lettre ouverte is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \lɛ.tʁ‿u.vɛʁt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Brochure, tract ou article de journal auquel on donne la forme d’une lettre.".
lettre ouverte has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is lettre ouverte, spelled L-E-T-T-R-E- -O-U-V-E-R-T-E.
Definition
- 1Brochure, tract ou article de journal auquel on donne la forme d’une lettre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how lettre ouverte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ces organisations ont envoyé le 16 septembre 2009 une lettre ouverte aux membres du Parlement européen, les exhortant à prendre des mesures décisives afin de garantir un Internet libre, ouvert et innovant et de sauvegarder les libertés fondamentales des citoyens européens.
En août 2017, l’entrepreneur Elon Musk (Tesla) et une centaine d’autres « leaders de l’intelligence artificielle » se fendaient d’une lettre ouverte aux Nations Unies réclamant l’interdiction des armes autonomes.
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.