ré-ouvrir
\ʁe.u.vʁiʁ\
The verdict
“ré-ouvrir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ouvrir à nouveau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-re-ouvrir · ré-ouvrir · French
ré-ouvrir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | ré-ouvrir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁe.u.vʁiʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ré-ouvrir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ré-ouvrir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁe.u.vʁiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ouvrir à nouveau.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ré-ouvrir in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is ré-ouvrir, spelled R-É---O-U-V-R-I-R.
Definition
- 1Ouvrir à nouveau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ré-ouvrir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le souci récent de ré-ouvrir la réflexion paradigmatique ne doit pas toutefois se réduire à nouveau à une simple controverse de doctrines antagonistes de politique criminelle.
La pratique psychanalytique excède ce débat, vient l’ouvrir et le ré-ouvrir en le maintenant en crise.
This word in other languages
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.