ouarine

\wa.ʁin\

/\wa.ʁin\/ noun

The verdict

“ouarine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom populaire de l’alouate, singe hurleur d’Amérique du Sud.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ouarine · ouarine · French

ouarine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "O" 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.

Key facts for ouarine
PropertyValue
Headwordouarine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\wa.ʁin\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ouarine » en français

ouarinereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ouarine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \wa.ʁin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom populaire de l’alouate, singe hurleur d’Amérique du Sud.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ouarine, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ouarine, spelled O-U-A-R-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom populaire de l’alouate, singe hurleur d’Amérique du Sud.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. L’ouarine et l’alouate sont les plus grands animaux quadrumanes du nouveau continent.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ouarine"?
"ouarine" is spelled O-U-A-R-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \wa.ʁin\.
What does "ouarine" mean?
As a noun, "ouarine" means: Nom populaire de l’alouate, singe hurleur d’Amérique du Sud.
How do you pronounce "ouarine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ouarine" is \wa.ʁin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ouarine" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list