Which to use
“ouvrière” is a noun and “ouvrira” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,280
- “ouvrière” frequency rank
- #13,856
- “ouvrira” frequency rank
- 22136
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ouvrière | ouvrira |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui, moyennant salaire, effectue un travail généralement manuel pour un employeur dans les domaines du bâtiment, de l’industrie ou de l’agriculture. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de ouvrir. |
Where the eye mixes ouvrière and ouvrira
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. ouvrière runs 8 letters (VVCCVVCV) against ouvrira's 7 (VVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: ouvrière vs ouvrira
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ouvrière is \u.vʁi.jɛʁ\ while ouvrira is \u.vʁi.ʁa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22136, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ouvrière is recorded at frequency rank #8,280, classified as anoun, pronounced \u.vʁi.jɛʁ\. ouvrira is at rank #13,856, tagged as averb, pronounced \u.vʁi.ʁa\.
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 22136, this pair ranks #359,665 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ouvrière vs ouvrira
Shared letters: ioruv. Private to "ouvrière": eè. Private to "ouvrira": a.
"ouvrière" · 8 letters · shape VVCCVVCV · "ouvrira" · 7 letters · shape VVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- ouvrira ← ourvira · ouvirra · ouvriar · ouvrirra · ouvrria · ouvrrira · ouvvrira · ovurira
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ouvrière" and "ouvrira" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "ouvrière" vs "ouvrira" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "ouvrière" and "ouvrira" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ouvrière" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ouvrira" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #359,665 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ouvrière" and "ouvrira" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ouvrira vs ouvrirait". 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 #359,665 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.