couvert

\ku.vɛʁ\

/\ku.vɛʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“couvert” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,130. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,130
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Protégé par-dessus, muni d’un toit, d’un couvercle, d’une couverture.

Corpus desk

Index FR-couvert · couvert · French

couvert · rank #3,130 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,130
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH culte

Nearest frequency peer: culte (+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 « couvert »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « couvert » 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).

couvert vs cover
71% similar
couvert vs couvre
71% similar
couvert vs covers
71% similar

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

Key facts for couvert
PropertyValue
Headwordcouvert
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ku.vɛʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,130
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « couvert »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.couvertse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « culte » (#3,131), « commencent » (#3,128), « culturelle » (#3,132). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « couvert » est au #3,130. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around couvert (IPA \ku.vɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,130 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for couvert, with forms such as "ccouvert", "couevrt", and "couverrt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cover", "couvre", "covers", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is couvert, spelled C-O-U-V-E-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Protégé par-dessus, muni d’un toit, d’un couvercle, d’une couverture.
  2. 2
    Obturé, bouché.
  3. 3
    Dissimulé sous quelque chose, masqué, caché.
  4. 4
    Dissimulé masqué, caché.
  5. 5
    Habillé, vêtu.
  6. 6
    Chapeauté.
  7. 7
    Voilée, coiffée du hijab ou du tchador.
  8. 8
    Nuageux ; voilé ; assombri.
  9. 9
    Maintenu sous la cendre en parlant du feu, par extension, atténué en parlant des plaques chauffantes.
  10. 10
    Atténué, rauque, peu sonore, en parlant de la voix.
  11. 11
    Peu ou pas clair, fuyant, voilé, dissimulé.
  12. 12
    Se dit d’une tour, d’un château muni d’un toit pointu ou d’une coupe de son couvercle

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La casserole est couverte.
  2. Un temple couvert en tuiles.

This word in other languages

covered(English)cubierto(Español)nublado(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccouvert
  • couevrt
  • couverrt
  • couvertt
  • couvetr
  • couvret
  • couvvert
  • covuert
  • cuovert
  • ocuvert

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of couvert - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccouvert1couevrt2couverrt1couvertt1couvetr2couvret2couvvert1covuert2
Edit distance from "couvert"

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 "couvert"?
"couvert" is spelled C-O-U-V-E-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.vɛʁ\.
What does "couvert" mean?
As an adjective, "couvert" means: Protégé par-dessus, muni d’un toit, d’un couvercle, d’une couverture.
What words are commonly confused with "couvert"?
"couvert" is commonly confused with "cover", "couvre", "covers". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "couvert"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "couvert" is \ku.vɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "couvert" come from?
"couvert" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

bureaux#3,123trouvez#3,111tension#3,108symbole#3,107

Similar misspelling depth

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

cellules10 variantsbusiness10 variantsmissions10 variantspeuples10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list