uriner

\y.ʁi.ne\

/\y.ʁi.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“uriner” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,415. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,415
frequency rank, French
456
“U” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Évacuer de l’urine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-uriner · uriner · French

uriner · rank #30,415 · 7 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,415
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 456
  • PHOTO-FINISH upon

Nearest frequency peer: upon (-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 « uriner »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « uriner » 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).

uriner vs urne
67% similar
uriner vs usine
67% similar
uriner vs urnes
67% similar

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

Key facts for uriner
PropertyValue
Headworduriner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\y.ʁi.ne\
Letters6
Frequency rank#30,415
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « uriner »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « upon » (#30,414), « vandales » (#30,416), « unitaires » (#30,413). Parmi 456 lemmes en « U », « uriner » est au #30,415. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around uriner (IPA \y.ʁi.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #30,415 among 456 “U” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for uriner, with forms such as "uirner", "urienr", and "urinerr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "urne", "usine", "urnes", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is uriner, spelled U-R-I-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Évacuer de l’urine.
  2. 2
    Évacuer comme de l’urine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au long des berges, le dimanche et la nuit les gens grimpent sur les tas pour faire pipi. Les hommes ça les rend méditatifs de se sentir devant l'eau qui passe. Ils urinent avec un sentiment d'éternité, comme des marins.
  2. Madame Gontrand m’a montré le flanc droit de maman : des gouttes d’eau suintaient des pores, le drap était trempé. Elle n’urinait presque plus, un œdème gonflait sa chair.

Synonyms

faire de l’eaufaire pipipisserse soulager

This word in other languages

urinate(English)orinar(Español)urinieren(Deutsch)urinar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • uirner
  • urienr
  • urinerr
  • urinner
  • urinre
  • urnier
  • urriner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of uriner - 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.

uirner2urienr2urinerr1urinner1urinre2urnier2urriner1
Edit distance from "uriner"

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 "uriner"?
"uriner" is spelled U-R-I-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \y.ʁi.ne\.
What does "uriner" mean?
As a verb, "uriner" means: Évacuer de l’urine.
What words are commonly confused with "uriner"?
"uriner" is commonly confused with "urne", "usine", "urnes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "uriner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "uriner" is \y.ʁi.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "uriner" come from?
"uriner" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Varane#30,417Verdon#30,421tribal#30,407Trauma#30,406

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

vizir7 variantswhile7 variantswillow7 variantsébène7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list