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 May 6, 2026) - Unpaid labor required by a feudal lord.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | corvee |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɔːveɪ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “corvee” sits in English frequency
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.
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Using “corvee”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-R-V-E-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkɔːveɪ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.