# culver

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkʌlvə/ · frequency rank #30,385

## Definitions
1. A dove or pigeon, now specifically of the species Columba palumbus.

## Etymology
From Middle English culver, from Old English culufre, culfre, culfer, possibly borrowed from Vulgar Latin *columbra, from Latin columbula (“little pigeon”), from Latin columba (“pigeon, dove”).

## Easily confused with
- **curve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/culver-vs-curve)
- **curves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/culver-vs-curves)
- **curved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/culver-vs-curved)
- **cutter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/culver-vs-cutter)
- **cutler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/culver-vs-cutler)
- **culvert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/culver-vs-culvert)
- **cover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cover-vs-culver)
- **clever** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clever-vs-culver)
- **caller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caller-vs-culver)
- **clover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clover-vs-culver)
- **Cullen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cullen-vs-culver)
- **carver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carver-vs-culver)
- **calves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calves-vs-culver)
- **Calder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calder-vs-culver)
- **calmer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calmer-vs-culver)
- **culled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/culled-vs-culver)
- **coulter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coulter-vs-culver)
- **Calvert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calvert-vs-culver)

## Common misspellings (9)
`cculver`, `cluver`, `culevr`, `cullver`, `culverr`, `culvre`, `culvver`, `cuvler`, `uclver`

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