ouvrabilité
\u.vʁa.bi.li.te\
The verdict
“ouvrabilité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propriété d’un matériau (bois, plâtre, mortier, béton) à être travaillé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ouvrabilite · ouvrabilité · French
ouvrabilité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ouvrabilité |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \u.vʁa.bi.li.te\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ouvrabilité” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ouvrabilité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \u.vʁa.bi.li.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Propriété d’un matériau (bois, plâtre, mortier, béton) à être travaillé.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ouvrabilité, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is ouvrabilité, spelled O-U-V-R-A-B-I-L-I-T-É.
Definition
- 1Propriété d’un matériau (bois, plâtre, mortier, béton) à être travaillé.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ouvrabilité appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On peut appeler ouvrabilité la propriété que possèdent les bois de se laisser plus ou moins facilement travailler d’une manière générale; car les bois durs sont évidemment plus faciles à scier et à râper que les tendres […].
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