Which to use
“rouvert” is a verb and “rouverte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,727
- “rouvert” frequency rank
- #42,021
- “rouverte” frequency rank
- 70748
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rouvert | rouverte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de rouvrir. | Féminin singulier de rouvert. |
Where the eye mixes rouvert and rouverte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. rouvert runs 7 letters (CVVCVCC) against rouverte's 8 (CVVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses rouvert with rouverte
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: rouvert is \ʁu.vɛʁ\ while rouverte is \ʁu.vɛʁt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “rouvert” sits inside “rouverte”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70748, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rouvert is recorded at frequency rank #28,727, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁu.vɛʁ\. rouverte is at rank #42,021, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁu.vɛʁt\.
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 70748, this pair ranks #50,179 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rouvert vs rouverte
Shared letters: eortuv. Private to "rouvert": -. Private to "rouverte": -.
"rouvert" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC · "rouverte" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rouvert" for "rouverte" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "rouvert" or "rouverte" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "rouvert" and "rouverte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rouvert" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rouverte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #50,179 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rouvert" and "rouverte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rouet vs rouvert". 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 #50,179 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.