œuvres

\œvʁ\

/\œvʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“œuvres” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,021. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,021
frequency rank, French
21
“Œ” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de œuvre (nom féminin).

Corpus desk

Index FR-uvres · œuvres · French

œuvres · rank #2,021 · 8 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,021
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 21
  • PHOTO-FINISH Toulouse

Nearest frequency peer: Toulouse (-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 « œuvres »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « œuvres » 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).

œuvres vs Uzès
17% similar
œuvres vs urs
50% similar
œuvres vs œuvre
83% similar

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

Key facts for œuvres
PropertyValue
Headwordœuvres
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\œvʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,021
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « œuvres »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).œuvresse 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 « Toulouse » (#2,020), « amoureux » (#2,022), « animal » (#2,023). Parmi 21 lemmes en « Œ », « œuvres » est au #2,021. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around œuvres (IPA \œvʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,021 among 21 “Œ” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de œuvre (nom féminin).".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for œuvres, with forms such as "uœvres", "œurves", and "œuvers". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Uzès", "urs", "œuvre", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is œuvres, spelled Œ-U-V-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de œuvre (nom féminin).

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. En d’autres termes, dès qu’on libère la lecture gématrique, elle se répand tel un gaz pour occuper tout l’espace qu’on lui offre; elle se répandra donc dans tout l’espace des textes anciens qu’on lui présentera exactement comme elle se répandrait sur les œuvres du général de Gaulle traduites en hébreu.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • uœvres
  • œurves
  • œuvers
  • œuvress
  • œuvrres
  • œuvrse
  • œuvvres
  • œvures

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

uœvres2œurves2œuvers2œuvress1œuvrres1œuvrse2œuvvres1œvures2
Edit distance from "œuvres"

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 "œuvres"?
"œuvres" is spelled Œ-U-V-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \œvʁ\.
What does "œuvres" mean?
As a noun, "œuvres" means: Pluriel de œuvre (nom féminin).
What words are commonly confused with "œuvres"?
"œuvres" is commonly confused with "Uzès", "urs", "œuvre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "œuvres"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "œuvres" is \œvʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "œuvres" come from?
"œuvres" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

animal#2,023bateau#2,025blancs#2,027refuse#2,013

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

classes8 variantsdécès8 variantsclaire8 variantsvolume8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list