couver des yeux
\ku.ve de.z‿jø\
The verdict
“couver des yeux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Regarder une personne, une chose avec intérêt, avec complaisance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-couver-des-yeux · couver des yeux · French
couver des yeux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | couver des yeux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ku.ve de.z‿jø\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « couver des yeux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
couver des yeux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ku.ve de.z‿jø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Regarder une personne, une chose avec intérêt, avec complaisance.".
No misspelling variants are generated for couver des yeux in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is couver des yeux, spelled C-O-U-V-E-R- -D-E-S- -Y-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Regarder une personne, une chose avec intérêt, avec complaisance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how couver des yeux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il couve des yeux son fils.
Il couve des yeux son or.
Synonyms
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.