# Coventry

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkɒvəntɹi/ · frequency rank #15,138

## Definitions
1. A cathedral city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, central England, historically in Warwickshire.
2. A place in the United States:
3. A place in the United States:
4. A place in the United States:
5. A place in the United States:
6. A place in the United States:
7. A surname.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English Coventre, from Old English Cofentrēo, Cofantrēo, of obscure origin. Believed to be derived from an Anglo-Saxon named Cofa, hence Cofantrēo (literally “Cofa's tree”).

## Easily confused with
- **covertly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coventry-vs-covertly)
- **covent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/covent-vs-coventry)
- **country** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/country-vs-coventry)

## Common misspellings (13)
`ccoventry`, `coevntry`, `covenntry`, `covenrty`, `coventrry`, `coventryy`, `coventtry`, `coventyr`, `covetnry`, `covnetry`, `covventry`, `cvoentry`, `ocventry`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/coventry