# coverage

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkʌv.(ə.)ɹɪdʒ/ · frequency rank #2,337

## Definitions
1. An amount by which something or someone is covered.
2. The amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media or other media.
3. The average number of reads representing a given nucleotide in the reconstructed sequence.
4. The area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network.
5. The signal strength, reception of a radio signal.
6. Defense.

## 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”).

## Easily confused with
- **courage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/courage-vs-coverage)
- **converge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/converge-vs-coverage)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ccoverage`, `coevrage`, `covearge`, `coveraeg`, `coveragge`, `covergae`, `coverrage`, `covreage`, `covverage`, `cvoerage`, `ocverage`

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