ouvert
\u.vɛʁ\
The verdict
“ouvert” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #1,094 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #1,094
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui n’est pas fermé.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ouvert |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \u.vɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,094 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ouvert” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for ouvert is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \u.vɛʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,094 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 14 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for ouvert, with forms such as "ouevrt", "ouverrt", and "ouvertt". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "ouvre", "ouverte", "ouverts", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is ouvert, spelled O-U-V-E-R-T.
Definition
- 1Qui n’est pas fermé.
- 2Qui est écarté, en parlant des membres ou d’un organe du corps.
- 3Qui dénote une personne affable , qui ne discrimine pas.
- 4Manifeste, patent.
- 5Qualifie un conflit déclaré.
- 6Qualifie un milieu où la végétation herbacée domine avec un taux de recouvrement supérieur à 25 %.
- 7Qualifie un port libre au commerce international.
- 8Qualifie un territoire que ne protège aucune défense naturelle.
- 9Se dit d’un bâtiment dont la porte est d’un autre émail.
- 10Qualifie une rade qui n’est entourée qu’en partie par des terres élevées et qui est battue par la mer et les vents venant du large.
- 11Qualifie une ville qui n’a pas de fortifications ou dont l’armée n’assure pas la défense, en laissant l’ennemi l’investir.
- 12Qualifie une élection d’un parti à laquelle tout le monde peut voter, adhérents ou non.
- 13Qualifie un problème ou une question qui n’est pas résolue.
- 14En parlant d’une épreuve sportive, dont l’issue est incertaine, dont les participants sont difficiles à départager, dont il est difficile de faire le pronostic.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ouevrt,ouverrt,ouvertt,ouvetr,ouvret,ouvvert,ovuert,uovert
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ouvert - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “ouvert”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is O-U-V-E-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \u.vɛʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ouvre” - see the side-by-side comparison. ouvert vs ouvre
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.