colvert
\kɔl.vɛʁ\
The verdict
“colvert” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Canard sauvage commun, canard de surface à tête verte.
Corpus desk
Index FR-colvert · colvert · French
colvert · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | colvert |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔl.vɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « colvert » en français
Rare enough to double-check
colvert is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔl.vɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Canard sauvage commun, canard de surface à tête verte.".
colvert doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is colvert, spelled C-O-L-V-E-R-T.
Definition
- 1Canard sauvage commun, canard de surface à tête verte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how colvert appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les colverts sont des oiseaux migrateurs.
Le colvert est la seule espèce de canards « qu’en langage cynégétique on appelle « le canard sauvage ».
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.