ouvrirent
\u.vʁiʁ\
The verdict
“ouvrirent” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,697. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,697
- frequency rank, French
- 75,470
- “O” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de ouvrir.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ouvrirent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \u.vʁiʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #48,697 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ouvrirent” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around ouvrirent (IPA \u.vʁiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #48,697 among 75,470 “O” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de ouvrir.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for ouvrirent, with forms such as "ourvirent", "ouvirrent", and "ouvriernt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "ouvriront", "ouvrent", "ouvrirait", 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 ouvrirent, spelled O-U-V-R-I-R-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de ouvrir.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ourvirent,ouvirrent,ouvriernt,ouvrirennt,ouvrirentt,ouvriretn,ouvrirnet,ouvrirrent,ouvrrient,ouvrrirent,ouvvrirent,ovurirent,uovrirent
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ouvrirent - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “ouvrirent”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is O-U-V-R-I-R-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \u.vʁiʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ouvriront” - see the side-by-side comparison. ouvrirent vs ouvriront
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.