ouvrir la voie
\u.vʁiʁ la vwa\
The verdict
“ouvrir la voie” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Être le premier, créer un précédent.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ouvrir la voie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \u.vʁiʁ la vwa\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ouvrir la voie” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for ouvrir la voie is 14 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \u.vʁiʁ la vwa\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ouvrir la voie, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is ouvrir la voie, spelled O-U-V-R-I-R- -L-A- -V-O-I-E.
Definition
- 1Être le premier, créer un précédent.
- 2Donner accès ; laisser le champ libre.
Synonyms
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.
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Using “ouvrir la voie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is O-U-V-R-I-R- -L-A- -V-O-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \u.vʁiʁ la vwa\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.