Which to use
“ouvrent” and “ouvrons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,724
- “ouvrent” frequency rank
- #31,162
- “ouvrons” frequency rank
- 37886
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ouvrent | ouvrons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de ouvrir. | Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de ouvrir. |
Where the eye mixes ouvrent and ouvrons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. ouvrent and ouvrons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses ouvrent with ouvrons
A purely visual mix-up. ouvrent (\uvʁ\) and ouvrons (\u.vʁɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37886, 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\. ouvrons is at rank #31,162, tagged as averb, pronounced \u.vʁɔ̃\.
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 37886, this pair ranks #259,275 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ouvrent vs ouvrons
Shared letters: noruv. Private to "ouvrent": et. Private to "ouvrons": s.
"ouvrent" · 7 letters · shape VVCCVCC · "ouvrons" · 7 letters · shape VVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ouvrent" and "ouvrons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "ouvrent" or "ouvrons" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "ouvrent" and "ouvrons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ouvrent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ouvrons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #259,275 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ouvrent" and "ouvrons" 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 #259,275 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.