œuvres
\œvʁ\
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
- 749
- “Œ” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de œuvre (nom féminin).
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 | œuvres |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \œvʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,021 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “œuvres” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around œuvres (IPA \œvʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,021 among 749 “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
- 1Pluriel de œuvre (nom féminin).
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.
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 “œuvres”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is Œ-U-V-R-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \œvʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Uzès” - see the side-by-side comparison. œuvres vs Uzès
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Same frequency band
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.