urée
\y.ʁe\
The verdict
“urée” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #48,849) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #48,849
- frequency rank, French
- 44,794
- “U” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Substance cristallisable, incolore, de formule chimique COH₄N₂, dont la présence caractérise l’urine de la plupart des animaux dont l’homme.
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 | urée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \y.ʁe\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #48,849 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “urée” sits in French frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for urée is neighbouring look-alikes ("URL", "usé", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \y.ʁe\. Frequency #48,849 among 44,794 “U” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for urée, with forms such as "uree", "ureé", and "urrée". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "URL", "usé", "urs", and more, 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is urée, spelled U-R-É-E.
Definition
- 1Substance cristallisable, incolore, de formule chimique COH₄N₂, dont la présence caractérise l’urine de la plupart des animaux dont l’homme.
- 2Solution de ce corps dans l’eau à usage alimentaire dans certaines techniques d’élevage des bovins.
- 3Poudre ou granulés de ce corps à usage d’engrais azoté.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- uree
- ureé
- urrée
- uére
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of urée - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “urée”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is U-R-É-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \y.ʁe\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “URL” - see the side-by-side comparison. urée vs URL
- 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.