ouverture d’esprit

noun

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The verdict

“ouverture d’esprit” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qualité d'une personne ouverte d’esprit.

Key facts for ouverture d’esprit
PropertyValue
Headwordouverture d’esprit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ouverture d’esprit” sits in French frequency

ouverture d’esprit falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for ouverture d’esprit is 18 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Qualité d'une personne ouverte d’esprit.".

No misspelling variants are generated for ouverture d’esprit in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ouverture d’esprit, spelled O-U-V-E-R-T-U-R-E- -D-’-E-S-P-R-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qualité d'une personne ouverte d’esprit.

This word in other languages

open-mindedness(English)Offenheit(Deutsch)

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 "ouverture d’esprit"?
"ouverture d’esprit" is spelled O-U-V-E-R-T-U-R-E- -D-’-E-S-P-R-I-T.
What does "ouverture d’esprit" mean?
As a noun, "ouverture d’esprit" means: Qualité d'une personne ouverte d’esprit.
What language does "ouverture d’esprit" come from?
"ouverture d’esprit" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “ouverture d’esprit”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is O-U-V-E-R-T-U-R-E- -D-’-E-S-P-R-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list