Which to use
“ouvrent” and “ouvres” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,724
- “ouvrent” frequency rank
- #16,436
- “ouvres” frequency rank
- 23160
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ouvrent | ouvres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de ouvrir. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de ouvrir. |
Same sound, different letters: ouvrent vs ouvres
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - ouvrent / ouvres
This is the hard kind. ouvrent and ouvres 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23160, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ouvrent is recorded at frequency rank #6,724, classified as averb, pronounced \uvʁ\. ouvres is at rank #16,436, 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 23160, this pair ranks #354,028 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ouvrent vs ouvres
Shared letters: eoruv. Private to "ouvrent": nt. Private to "ouvres": s.
"ouvrent" · 7 letters · shape VVCCVCC · "ouvres" · 6 letters · shape VVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ouvrent" and "ouvres" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "ouvrent" or "ouvres"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "ouvrent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ouvres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #354,028 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ouvrent" and "ouvres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "oeuvrer vs ouvres". 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 #354,028 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.