Which to use
“ouvre” and “ouvrent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,369
- “ouvre” frequency rank
- #6,724
- “ouvrent” frequency rank
- 8093
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ouvre | ouvrent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de ouvrir. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de ouvrir. |
Same sound, different letters: ouvre vs ouvrent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. ouvre runs 5 letters (VVCCV) against ouvrent's 7 (VVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - ouvre / ouvrent
This is the hard kind. ouvre and ouvrent are pronounced identically (\uvʁ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “ouvre” sits inside “ouvrent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8093, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ouvre is recorded at frequency rank #1,369, classified as averb, pronounced \uvʁ\. ouvrent is at rank #6,724, tagged as averb, pronounced \uvʁ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 8093, this pair ranks #421,168 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ouvre vs ouvrent
Shared letters: eoruv. Private to "ouvre": -. Private to "ouvrent": nt.
"ouvre" · 5 letters · shape VVCCV · "ouvrent" · 7 letters · shape VVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ouvre" and "ouvrent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "ouvre" vs "ouvrent" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "ouvre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ouvrent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #421,168 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ouvre" and "ouvrent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ouvrent vs ouvrirent". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #421,168 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.