ouvre

\uvʁ\

/\uvʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“ouvre” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,369. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,369
frequency rank, French
1,642
“O” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de ouvrir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ouvre · ouvre · French

ouvre · rank #1,369 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,369
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,642
  • PHOTO-FINISH opposition

Nearest frequency peer: opposition (-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 « ouvre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ouvre » 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).

ouvre vs ouvrir
67% similar
ouvre vs ouvrez
83% similar
ouvre vs ouvres
83% similar

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

Key facts for ouvre
PropertyValue
Headwordouvre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\uvʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,369
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ouvre »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ouvrese 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 « opposition » (#1,368), « pages » (#1,370), « processus » (#1,371). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « ouvre » est au #1,369. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around ouvre (IPA \uvʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,369 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for ouvre, with forms such as "ourve", "ouver", and "ouvrre". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ouvrir", "ouvrez", "ouvres", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ouvre, spelled O-U-V-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de ouvrir.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de ouvrir.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de ouvrir.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de ouvrir.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de ouvrir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Te fâche pas, Jo, qu’il a rambiné très papelard, à toi la parole, je ne l’ouvre plus.
  2. « Après » se désadverbialise et se transfigure, d’un coup de baguette enjambante, en locution conjonctive : nouveau rebond de la clôture annoncée, cet « après que » ouvre sur un au-delà.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ourve
  • ouver
  • ouvrre
  • ouvvre
  • ovure
  • uovre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ouvre - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ourve2ouver2ouvrre1ouvvre1ovure2uovre2
Edit distance from "ouvre"

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 "ouvre"?
"ouvre" is spelled O-U-V-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \uvʁ\.
What does "ouvre" mean?
As a verb, "ouvre" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de ouvrir.
What words are commonly confused with "ouvre"?
"ouvre" is commonly confused with "ouvrir", "ouvrez", "ouvres". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ouvre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ouvre" is \uvʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ouvre" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pages#1,370salut#1,377chaud#1,357siège#1,347

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

vent6 variantsnoms6 variantsjeudi6 variantsarrêt6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list