couverte

\ku.vɛʁt\

/\ku.vɛʁt\/ noun

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The verdict

“couverte” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,550. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,550
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce qui recouvre quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-couverte · couverte · French

couverte · rank #7,550 · 11 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,550
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH couillard

Nearest frequency peer: couillard (-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 « couverte »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « couverte » 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).

couverte vs couvre
75% similar
couverte vs cuvette
75% similar
couverte vs couverts
88% similar

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

Key facts for couverte
PropertyValue
Headwordcouverte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ku.vɛʁt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,550
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « couverte »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).couvertese 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 « couillard » (#7,549), « conventions » (#7,548), « devriez » (#7,552). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « couverte » est au #7,550. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around couverte (IPA \ku.vɛʁt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,550 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for couverte, with forms such as "ccouverte", "couevrte", and "couveret". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "couvre", "cuvette", "couverts", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is couverte, spelled C-O-U-V-E-R-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce qui recouvre quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Voilure dont on couvre un vaisseau désarmé.
  3. 3
    Couverture de lit.
  4. 4
    Couverture de selle de cavalerie.
  5. 5
    Couverture.
  6. 6
    Couvercle.
  7. 7
    Émail qui couvre une terre mise en œuvre et en particulier la porcelaine.
  8. 8
    Bride de sabot, généralement en cuir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Par dessus on met du fraisil ou de la terre argileuse légèrement humectée et que l'on bat fortement. On forme ainsi une couverte destinée à empêcher l'accès trop rapide de l'air pendant la combustion.
  2. Un coffre dans lequel se trouvent une grande nappe damassé, une couverte d'enfant avec la maillotte ; trois draps ; […].

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccouverte
  • couevrte
  • couveret
  • couverrte
  • couvertte
  • couvetre
  • couvrete
  • couvverte
  • covuerte
  • cuoverte
  • ocuverte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of couverte - 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.

ccouverte1couevrte2couveret2couverrte1couvertte1couvetre2couvrete2couvverte1
Edit distance from "couverte"

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 "couverte"?
"couverte" is spelled C-O-U-V-E-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.vɛʁt\.
What does "couverte" mean?
As a noun, "couverte" means: Ce qui recouvre quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "couverte"?
"couverte" is commonly confused with "couvre", "cuvette", "couverts". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "couverte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "couverte" is \ku.vɛʁt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "couverte" come from?
"couverte" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

drapeaux#7,553défaites#7,554entrevue#7,559feraient#7,564

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

couillard11 variantscombler11 variantscasting11 variantscassation11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list