ouvrage avancé
\u.vʁa.ʒ‿a.vɑ̃.se\
The verdict
“ouvrage avancé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ouvrage fortifié qui n’est pas contigu au corps de la place forte mais placé à l’avant des fortifications principales et contribuant à la couvrir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ouvrage-avance · ouvrage avancé · French
ouvrage avancé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | ouvrage avancé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \u.vʁa.ʒ‿a.vɑ̃.se\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ouvrage avancé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \u.vʁa.ʒ‿a.vɑ̃.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ouvrage fortifié qui n’est pas contigu au corps de la place forte mais placé à l’avant des fortifications principales et contribuant à la couvrir.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ouvrage avancé, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 ouvrage avancé, spelled O-U-V-R-A-G-E- -A-V-A-N-C-É.
Definition
- 1Ouvrage fortifié qui n’est pas contigu au corps de la place forte mais placé à l’avant des fortifications principales et contribuant à la couvrir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ouvrage avancé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
… , non seulement la jeune fille voyait ce qui se passait au-delà des limites de la forteresse, mais encore elle dominait les ouvrages avancés, contre lesquels il était probable que les assiégeants dirigeraient leurs premiers efforts.
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.