# covet

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈkʌvɪt/ · frequency rank #36,095

## Definitions
1. To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.
2. To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
3. To yearn; to have or indulge an inordinate desire, especially for another's possession.

## Etymology
From Middle English coveten, coveiten, coveyten, from Old French covoitier (modern French convoiter), from covoitié (“desire”), presumably modified from Latin cupiditas.

## Easily confused with
- **COVID** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/covet-vs-covid)
- **covey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/covet-vs-covey)
- **cower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/covet-vs-cower)
- **coveted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/covet-vs-coveted)
- **cot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cot-vs-covet)
- **Coe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coe-vs-covet)
- **CET** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cet-vs-covet)
- **Cov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cov-vs-covet)
- **come** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/come-vs-covet)
- **cost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cost-vs-covet)
- **code** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/code-vs-covet)
- **core** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/core-vs-covet)
- **coat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coat-vs-covet)
- **cave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cave-vs-covet)
- **cole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cole-vs-covet)
- **coke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coke-vs-covet)
- **cope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cope-vs-covet)
- **cone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cone-vs-covet)
- **cove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cove-vs-covet)
- **colt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colt-vs-covet)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ccovet`, `coevt`, `covett`, `covte`, `covvet`, `cvoet`, `ocvet`

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