couver du regard
\ku.ve dy ʁə.ɡaʁ\
The verdict
“couver du regard” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - & Regarder une personne ou une chose avec intérêt ou complaisance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-couver-du-regard · couver du regard · French
couver du regard · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 du regard |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ku.ve dy ʁə.ɡaʁ\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « couver du regard » en français
Rare enough to double-check
couver du regard is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ku.ve dy ʁə.ɡaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "& Regarder une personne ou une chose avec intérêt ou complaisance.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for couver du regard, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is couver du regard, spelled C-O-U-V-E-R- -D-U- -R-E-G-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1& Regarder une personne ou une chose avec intérêt ou complaisance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how couver du regard appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Debout, auprès de lui, Hitler le couve du regard ; il en subit le charme ; il est comme fasciné, hypnotisé ; quand le Duce rit, il rit ;si le Duce se renfrogne, il se renfrogne ; c'est une véritable scène de mimétisme ; […]
Assise en face de Philippe, – avec Daniel et Dany à sa droite, Françoise et Nicolas à sa gauche, – Madeleine couvait du regard ce petit monde réuni de nouveau, contre vents et marées, dans la maison familiale.
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.