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
- 1,642
- “O” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de ouvrir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ouvrirent · ouvrirent · French
ouvrirent · rank #48,697 · 13 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,697
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,642
- PHOTO-FINISH orton
Nearest frequency peer: orton (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « ouvrirent »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- oim
oim
51,307 corpus weight
- oreillons
oreillons
51,306 corpus weight
- orton
orton
51,305 corpus weight
- ouvrirent
ouvrirent
51,304 corpus weight
- paddle
paddle
51,302 corpus weight
- palin
palin
51,301 corpus weight
What this shows « ouvrirent » 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).
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) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ouvrirent »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around ouvrirent (IPA \u.vʁiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #48,697 among 1,642 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ouvrirent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les saules cendrés sur le bord du Cher se couvrirent de chatons duveteux tandis que les saules pourpres ouvrirent leurs étamines dorées sur des fleurs purpurines.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "ouvrirent"?
What does "ouvrirent" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "ouvrirent"?
How do you pronounce "ouvrirent"?
What language does "ouvrirent" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ouvrirent", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).