Which to use
“ouvrir” and “ouvrira” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,186
- “ouvrir” frequency rank
- #13,856
- “ouvrira” frequency rank
- 15042
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ouvrir | ouvrira |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faire que ce qui était clos, fermé, ne le soit plus. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de ouvrir. |
Where the eye mixes ouvrir and ouvrira
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. ouvrir runs 6 letters (VVCCVC) against ouvrira's 7 (VVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses ouvrir with ouvrira
A purely visual mix-up. ouvrir (\u.vʁiʁ\) and ouvrira (\u.vʁi.ʁa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “ouvrir” sits inside “ouvrira”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15042, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ouvrir is recorded at frequency rank #1,186, classified as averb, pronounced \u.vʁiʁ\. 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 15042, this pair ranks #394,108 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ouvrir vs ouvrira
Shared letters: ioruv. Private to "ouvrir": -. Private to "ouvrira": a.
"ouvrir" · 6 letters · shape VVCCVC · "ouvrira" · 7 letters · shape VVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ouvrir" for "ouvrira" ever safe?
Frequency check: "ouvrir" vs "ouvrira" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "ouvrir" and "ouvrira" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ouvrir" 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 #394,108 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ouvrir" 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 #394,108 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.