couvent

\ku.vɑ̃\

/\ku.vɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“couvent” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,043. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,043
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maison dans laquelle des religieux ou des religieuses vivent en commun.

Corpus desk

Index FR-couvent · couvent · French

couvent · rank #7,043 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,043
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH coque

Nearest frequency peer: coque (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « couvent »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « couvent » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

couvent vs couvert
86% similar
couvent vs crèvent
71% similar
couvent vs couverts
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for couvent
PropertyValue
Headwordcouvent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ku.vɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,043
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « couvent »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).couventse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « coque » (#7,042), « crash » (#7,044), « copies » (#7,041). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « couvent » est au #7,043. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around couvent (IPA \ku.vɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,043 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for couvent, with forms such as "ccouvent", "couevnt", and "couvennt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "couvert", "crèvent", "couverts", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is couvent, spelled C-O-U-V-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Maison dans laquelle des religieux ou des religieuses vivent en commun.
  2. 2
    Ensemble des religieux ou des religieuses qui sont dans une même communauté.
  3. 3
    Maison d’éducation dirigée par des religieuses.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how couvent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Les poules du couvent couvent.
  2. Accoutumées à la vie du couvent, elles n’en pouvaient plus concevoir d’autre. Un matin, leurs grilles ayant été brisées, elles avaient frémi de se trouver libres.

Synonyms

maison d’éducation

This word in other languages

convent(English)convento(Español)Kloster(Deutsch)convento(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccouvent
  • couevnt
  • couvennt
  • couventt
  • couvetn
  • couvnet
  • couvvent
  • covuent
  • cuovent
  • ocuvent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of couvent - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccouvent1couevnt2couvennt1couventt1couvetn2couvnet2couvvent1covuent2
Edit distance from "couvent"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "couvent"?
"couvent" is spelled C-O-U-V-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.vɑ̃\.
What does "couvent" mean?
As a noun, "couvent" means: Maison dans laquelle des religieux ou des religieuses vivent en commun.
What words are commonly confused with "couvent"?
"couvent" is commonly confused with "couvert", "crèvent", "couverts". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "couvent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "couvent" is \ku.vɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "couvent" come from?
"couvent" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "couvent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cristal#7,045critère#7,046Athènes#7,029Antonio#7,027

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

agissant10 variantshabiller10 variantsJalousie10 variantstiendra10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list