coverage
/ˈkʌv.(ə.)ɹɪdʒ/
"coverage" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“coverage” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #2,337 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,337
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An amount by which something or someone is covered.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coverage |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkʌv.(ə.)ɹɪdʒ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #2,337 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coverage” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for coverage is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkʌv.(ə.)ɹɪdʒ/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,337 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for coverage, with forms such as "ccoverage", "coevrage", and "covearge". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "courage", "converge", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti L… The correct English form is coverage, spelled C-O-V-E-R-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1An amount by which something or someone is covered.
- 2The amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media or other media.
- 3The average number of reads representing a given nucleotide in the reconstructed sequence.
- 4The area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network.
- 5The signal strength, reception of a radio signal.
- 6Defense.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Latin operiō Latin cooperiō Old French covrirbor. Middle English coveren English cover Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Italic *-kos Latin -cus Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English coverage From cover + -age. First attested in 1912. Compare Middle English coverage (“a charge for having or stall or booth at a fair”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccoverage,coevrage,covearge,coveraeg,coveragge,covergae,coverrage,covreage,covverage,cvoerage,ocverage
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coverage - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “coverage”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-V-E-R-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkʌv.(ə.)ɹɪdʒ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “courage” - see the side-by-side comparison. coverage vs courage
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.