ouvrer
\u.vʁe\
The verdict
“ouvrer” is uncommon French (frequency #89,993 among 1,642 “O” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,993
- frequency rank, French
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Travailler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ouvrer · ouvrer · French
ouvrer · rank #89,993 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,993
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH ouïghour
Nearest frequency peer: ouïghour (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « ouvrer »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- oriflamme
oriflamme
10,014 corpus weight
- orpailleurs
orpailleurs
10,013 corpus weight
- ouvrer
ouvrer
10,008 corpus weight
- ouïghour
ouïghour
10,007 corpus weight
- oxycodone
oxycodone
10,006 corpus weight
- oxydatif
oxydatif
10,005 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ouvrer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ouvrer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \u.vʁe\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,993 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ouvrer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ouvrer is uncommon French at frequency #89,993 among 1,642 “O” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \u.vʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for ouvrer in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 ouvrer, spelled O-U-V-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1Travailler.
- 2Mettre en œuvre ; façonner.
- 3Préparer le bois en forêt pour qu’on puisse le mettre en œuvre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ouvrer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les règlements de police défendaient d’ouvrer les dimanches et les jours de fête.
Allons, Colas Breugnon, conviens-en, mon garçon : tu as beau faire des folies, tu ne seras jamais un fol tout à fait. Parbleu ! comme chacun, tu as un fol en ta manche, tu le montres quand tu veux ; mais tu l’y fais rentrer, quand il faut tes mains libres et tête saine pour ouvrer.
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.
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