ouvrière

Name: ouvrière, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\u.vʁi.jɛʁ\

/\u.vʁi.jɛʁ\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“ouvrière” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,280. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,280
frequency rank, French: 1,642
“O” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings: 5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celle qui, moyennant salaire, effectue un travail généralement manuel pour un employeur dans les domaines du bâtiment, de l’industrie ou de l’agriculture.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ouvriere · ouvrière · French

ouvrière · rank #8,280 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #8,280
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-MID 1,642
PHOTO-FINISH ordi

Nearest frequency peer: ordi (-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.

nie

91,724
now

91,723
ordi

91,722
ouvrière

91,721
paires

91,719
parrain

91,718

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

ouvrière vs ouvrir

75% similar

ouvrière vs ouvrira

75% similar

ouvrière vs ouvriers

75% similar

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

Key facts for ouvrière
Property	Value
Headword	ouvrière
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\u.vʁi.jɛʁ\
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#8,280
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	5
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ouvrière »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ouvrièrese place ici:

#8,280

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ordi » (#8,279), « now » (#8,278), « paires » (#8,282). Parmi 1,642 lemmes en « O », « ouvrière » est au #8,280. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around ouvrière (IPA \u.vʁi.jɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,280 among 1,642 “O” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for ouvrière, with forms such as "ourvière", "ouvirère", and "ouvriere". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "ouvrir", "ouvrira", "ouvriers", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ouvrière, spelled O-U-V-R-I-È-R-E.

Definition

1
Celle qui, moyennant salaire, effectue un travail généralement manuel pour un employeur dans les domaines du bâtiment, de l’industrie ou de l’agriculture.
2
Femelle stérile de certaines espèces d’insectes eusociaux comme les abeilles, les fourmis ou les termites, qui approvisionne la collectivité des fruits de son travail.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Lorsque la quantité de soie voulue a passé sur la machine, l’ouvrière arrête cette dernière, […]
L’essaim doit débuter un élevage à partir de zéro : trouver un nouveau nid, bâtir les rayons, élever des ouvrières à partir de l’œuf, ce qui prend vingt en un jours.

Synonyms

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This word in other languages

worker(English)obrera(Español)Arbeiterin(Deutsch)operária(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ourvière
ouvirère
ouvriere
ouvrirèe
ouvrièer
ouvrièrre
ouvrrière
ouvrèire
ouvvrière
ovurière
uovrière

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ouvrière - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "ouvrière"

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 "ouvrière"?

"ouvrière" is spelled O-U-V-R-I-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \u.vʁi.jɛʁ\.

What does "ouvrière" mean?

As a noun, "ouvrière" means: Celle qui, moyennant salaire, effectue un travail généralement manuel pour un employeur dans les domaines du bâtiment, de l’industrie ou de l’agriculture.

What words are commonly confused with "ouvrière"?

"ouvrière" is commonly confused with "ouvrir", "ouvrira", "ouvriers". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "ouvrière"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ouvrière" is \u.vʁi.jɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "ouvrière" come from?

"ouvrière" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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