ouvre-lettres
\u.vʁə.lɛtʁ\
The verdict
“ouvre-lettres” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrument en bois, en métal ou en toute autre matière, qui sert à couper le papier et spécialement les enveloppes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ouvre-lettres · ouvre-lettres · French
ouvre-lettres · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | ouvre-lettres |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \u.vʁə.lɛtʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ouvre-lettres » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ouvre-lettres is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \u.vʁə.lɛtʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Instrument en bois, en métal ou en toute autre matière, qui sert à couper le papier et spécialement les enveloppes.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ouvre-lettres, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is ouvre-lettres, spelled O-U-V-R-E---L-E-T-T-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Instrument en bois, en métal ou en toute autre matière, qui sert à couper le papier et spécialement les enveloppes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ouvre-lettres appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il a été poignardé, vraisemblablement dans la journée d’hier ou au début de la nuit, selon les premières constatations médicales, à l’aide d’un ouvre-lettres lui appartenant.
Xavier Yaris (X Y pour ses amis de plus en plus rares) saisit son ouvre-lettres, petite épée de style castillan, pommeau finement ciselé et lame effilée.
Synonyms
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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.