rouvrir

\ʁu.vʁiʁ\

/\ʁu.vʁiʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“rouvrir” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,665. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,665
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ouvrir de nouveau, ouvrir ce qui avait été fermé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rouvrir · rouvrir · French

rouvrir · rank #19,665 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,665
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH rouille

Nearest frequency peer: rouille (-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 « rouvrir »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « rouvrir » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

rouvrir vs rougir
71% similar
rouvrir vs rouvre
71% similar
rouvrir vs recouvrir
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for rouvrir
PropertyValue
Headwordrouvrir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ʁu.vʁiʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#19,665
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rouvrir »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.rouvrirse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « rouille » (#19,664), « RSS » (#19,666), « Roissy » (#19,663). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rouvrir » est au #19,665. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around rouvrir (IPA \ʁu.vʁiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,665 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for rouvrir, with forms such as "oruvrir", "rourvir", and "rouvirr". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "rougir", "rouvre", "recouvrir", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is rouvrir, spelled R-O-U-V-R-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ouvrir de nouveau, ouvrir ce qui avait été fermé.
  2. 2
    Redonner entière liberté.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how rouvrir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Hervé les avait vus distinctement tracasser la grille et un grincement de ferrailles lui apprit qu'ils l’avaient fermé à clé, derrière eux, après l’avoir ouverte en arrivant, et qu'ils étaient en train de la rouvrir pour s’en aller.
  2. La question de la fin du permis à vie a été rouverte il y a une dizaine de jours après l’accident de Pauline Déroulède, qui a dû être amputée d’une jambe, après s’être fait renverser par un conducteur âgé.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • oruvrir
  • rourvir
  • rouvirr
  • rouvrirr
  • rouvrri
  • rouvrrir
  • rouvvrir
  • rovurir
  • rrouvrir
  • ruovrir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rouvrir - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

oruvrir2rourvir2rouvirr2rouvrirr1rouvrri2rouvrrir1rouvvrir1rovurir2
Edit distance from "rouvrir"

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 "rouvrir"?
"rouvrir" is spelled R-O-U-V-R-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁu.vʁiʁ\.
What does "rouvrir" mean?
As a verb, "rouvrir" means: Ouvrir de nouveau, ouvrir ce qui avait été fermé.
What words are commonly confused with "rouvrir"?
"rouvrir" is commonly confused with "rougir", "rouvre", "recouvrir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "rouvrir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rouvrir" is \ʁu.vʁiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "rouvrir" come from?
"rouvrir" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rouvrir", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list