ouvrir le chemin
\u.vʁiʁ lə ʃə.mɛ̃\
The verdict
“ouvrir le chemin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être le premier, créer un précédent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ouvrir-le-chemin · ouvrir le chemin · French
ouvrir le chemin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | ouvrir le chemin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \u.vʁiʁ lə ʃə.mɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ouvrir le chemin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ouvrir le chemin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \u.vʁiʁ lə ʃə.mɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Être le premier, créer un précédent.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ouvrir le chemin, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is ouvrir le chemin, spelled O-U-V-R-I-R- -L-E- -C-H-E-M-I-N.
Definition
- 1Être le premier, créer un précédent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ouvrir le chemin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il avait ouvert le chemin à la vérité, je la laissai partir.
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.