s’ouvrir
\s‿u.vʁiʁ\
The verdict
“s’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
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forme pronominale de ouvrir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-s-ouvrir · s’ouvrir · French
s’ouvrir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | s’ouvrir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \s‿u.vʁiʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « s’ouvrir » en français
Rare enough to double-check
s’ouvrir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \s‿u.vʁiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forme pronominale de ouvrir.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for s’ouvrir, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is s’ouvrir, spelled S-’-O-U-V-R-I-R.
Definition
- 1Forme pronominale de ouvrir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how s’ouvrir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Comme des doigts de squelettes, les branches des noyers heurtent la fenêtre qui ne s’ouvre plus, le sentier est effacé, la chatte est peut-être morte.
François Hugo sentit le froid l’envahir tandis que son cœur s’arrêtait de battre. Un pan entier de son existence s’effondrait, et le vide s’ouvrait devant lui. Il allait sombrer dedans, et rejoindre Lindiwe dans sa nuit.
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.