covered
/ˈkʌvə(ɹ)d/adjective, verb
covered is spelled C-O-V-E-R-E-D. The wrong spelling people search most is coverd: about 270 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 11 of all searches for the word. Covered is an adjective meaning “Overlaid (with) or enclosed (within something)”.
How many letters and syllables are in covered?
| Letters | 7: C-O-V-E-R-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 68 times per million words; the 1,562nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, coverd, about 270 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell covered?
Covered is spelled C-O-V-E-R-E-D. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 11 of the searches for covered in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is covered?
Covered appears 68 times per million words in written English, the 1,562nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce covered?
- /ˈkʌvə(ɹ)d/
Covered has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-covered.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does covered mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Overlaid (with) or enclosed (within something).
The hilltops are all covered in snow.
- 2
Prepared for, or having dealt with, some matter
With my insurance, I am covered for earthquake damage.
- 3
Than whom another player has more money available for betting.
John has $100 on the table, while Jill only has $75. John has Jill covered.
- 4
datedWearing one's hat.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of cover
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Covered in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense overlaid or enclosed within something:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.