ouvert

/\u.vɛʁ\/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,094

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

ouvert is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui n’est pas fermé. Pronounced \u.vɛʁ\. It ranks #1,094 in French word frequency. Often confused with ouvre and ouverte.

Key facts for ouvert
PropertyValue
Headwordouvert
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\u.vɛʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,094
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ouvert in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for ouvert is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for ouvert, with forms such as "ouevrt", "ouverrt", and "ouvertt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "ouvre", "ouverte", "ouverts", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is ouvert, spelled O-U-V-E-R-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui n’est pas fermé.
  2. 2
    Qui est écarté, en parlant des membres ou d’un organe du corps.
  3. 3
    Qui dénote une personne affable , qui ne discrimine pas.
  4. 4
    Manifeste, patent.
  5. 5
    Qualifie un conflit déclaré.
  6. 6
    Qualifie un milieu où la végétation herbacée domine avec un taux de recouvrement supérieur à 25 %.
  7. 7
    Qualifie un port libre au commerce international.
  8. 8
    Qualifie un territoire que ne protège aucune défense naturelle.
  9. 9
    Se dit d’un bâtiment dont la porte est d’un autre émail.
  10. 10
    Qualifie 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.
  11. 11
    Qualifie une ville qui n’a pas de fortifications ou dont l’armée n’assure pas la défense, en laissant l’ennemi l’investir.
  12. 12
    Qualifie une élection d’un parti à laquelle tout le monde peut voter, adhérents ou non.
  13. 13
    Qualifie un problème ou une question qui n’est pas résolue.
  14. 14
    En 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.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ouevrt,ouverrt,ouvertt,ouvetr,ouvret,ouvvert,ovuert,uovert

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ouvert

Misspelling Variants of "ouvert"

ouevrt6ouverrt7ouvertt7ouvetr6ouvret6ouvvert7ovuert6uovert6
Misspelling Variants of "ouvert"

Frequency rank: #1,094 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ouvert"?
"ouvert" is spelled O-U-V-E-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is \u.vɛʁ\.
What does "ouvert" mean?
As an adj, "ouvert" means: Qui n’est pas fermé.
What words are commonly confused with "ouvert"?
"ouvert" is commonly confused with "ouvre", "ouverte", "ouverts". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ouvert"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ouvert" is \u.vɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ouvert" come from?
"ouvert" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.