ouvrages

\u.vʁaʒ\

/\u.vʁaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“ouvrages” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,588. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,588
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de ouvrage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ouvrages · ouvrages · French

ouvrages · rank #2,588 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,588
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH officiellement

Nearest frequency peer: officiellement (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « ouvrages »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « ouvrages » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ouvrages vs ouvres
75% similar
ouvrages vs orages
75% similar
ouvrages vs ouvrage
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ouvrages
PropertyValue
Headwordouvrages
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\u.vʁaʒ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,588
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ouvrages »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ouvragesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « officiellement » (#2,587), « poisson » (#2,589), « nécessité » (#2,586). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « ouvrages » est au #2,588. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around ouvrages (IPA \u.vʁaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,588 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de ouvrage.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for ouvrages, with forms such as "ourvages", "ouvarges", and "ouvraegs". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "ouvres", "orages", "ouvrage", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is ouvrages, spelled O-U-V-R-A-G-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de ouvrage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how ouvrages appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Parallèlement à la rivière, afin de régulariser le cours de l’eau, les paysans ont d’abord creusé puis cimenté un canal de dérivation équipé de batardeaux, ouvrages permettant de régler le débit de l’eau.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ourvages
  • ouvarges
  • ouvraegs
  • ouvragess
  • ouvragges
  • ouvragse
  • ouvrgaes
  • ouvrrages
  • ouvvrages
  • ovurages
  • uovrages

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ouvrages - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ourvages2ouvarges2ouvraegs2ouvragess1ouvragges1ouvragse2ouvrgaes2ouvrrages1
Edit distance from "ouvrages"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ouvrages"?
"ouvrages" is spelled O-U-V-R-A-G-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \u.vʁaʒ\.
What does "ouvrages" mean?
As a noun, "ouvrages" means: Pluriel de ouvrage.
What words are commonly confused with "ouvrages"?
"ouvrages" is commonly confused with "ouvres", "orages", "ouvrage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ouvrages"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ouvrages" is \u.vʁaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ouvrages" come from?
"ouvrages" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ouvrages", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Emmanuel#2,573chocolat#2,610contente#2,565confirme#2,612

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

simples11 variantsévident11 variantsdiffusion11 variantsfédéral11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list