corvee
/ˈkɔːveɪ/
"corvee" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“corvee” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unpaid labor required by a feudal lord.
Corpus desk
Index EN-corvee · corvee · English
corvee · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | corvee |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɔːveɪ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “corvee” in English
Rare enough to double-check
corvee is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɔːveɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for corvee in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French corvée, from Late Latin conrogāta, derived from Latin conrogāre (“call together by entreaty”). The correct English form is corvee, spelled C-O-R-V-E-E.
Definition
- 1Unpaid labor required by a feudal lord.
- 2Labor, especially for roads or dams, in lieu of taxes.
Etymology
From French corvée, from Late Latin conrogāta, derived from Latin conrogāre (“call together by entreaty”).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.