cover

/[ˈkavɐ]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,813

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

cover is aGermanverb. It means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs covern Pronounced [ˈkavɐ]. It ranks #5,813 in German word frequency. Often confused with Covid and Covers.

Key facts for cover
PropertyValue
Headwordcover
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈkavɐ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,813
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cover in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for cover is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkavɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,813 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for cover, with forms such as "ccover", "coevr", and "coverr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Covid", "Covers", "cor", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is cover, spelled C-O-V-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs covern
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs covern

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccover,coevr,coverr,covre,covver,cvoer,ocver

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cover

Misspelling Variants of "cover"

ccover6coevr5coverr6covre5covver6cvoer5ocver5
Misspelling Variants of "cover"

Frequency rank: #5,813 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cover"?
"cover" is spelled C-O-V-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkavɐ].
What does "cover" mean?
As a verb, "cover" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs covern
What words are commonly confused with "cover"?
"cover" is commonly confused with "Covid", "Covers", "cor". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cover"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cover" is [ˈkavɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cover" come from?
"cover" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.