couvertes

\ku.vɛʁt\

/\ku.vɛʁt\/ noun

The verdict

“couvertes” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,236. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,236
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de couverte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-couvertes · couvertes · French

couvertes · rank #14,236 · 13 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,236
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Covid

Nearest frequency peer: Covid (+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 « couvertes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « couvertes » 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).

couvertes vs couverts
89% similar
couvertes vs couvertures
82% similar
couvertes vs couvert
78% similar

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

Key facts for couvertes
PropertyValue
Headwordcouvertes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ku.vɛʁt\
Letters9
Frequency rank#14,236
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « couvertes »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).couvertesse 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 « Covid » (#14,237), « cost » (#14,234), « contrôlent » (#14,233). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « couvertes » est au #14,236. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around couvertes (IPA \ku.vɛʁt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,236 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de couverte.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for couvertes, with forms such as "ccouvertes", "couevrtes", and "couverets". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "couverts", "couvertures", "couvert", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is couvertes, spelled C-O-U-V-E-R-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de couverte.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccouvertes
  • couevrtes
  • couverets
  • couverrtes
  • couvertess
  • couvertse
  • couverttes
  • couvetres
  • couvretes
  • couvvertes
  • covuertes
  • cuovertes
  • ocuvertes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccouvertes1couevrtes2couverets2couverrtes1couvertess1couvertse2couverttes1couvetres2
Edit distance from "couvertes"

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 "couvertes"?
"couvertes" is spelled C-O-U-V-E-R-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.vɛʁt\.
What does "couvertes" mean?
As a noun, "couvertes" means: Pluriel de couverte.
What words are commonly confused with "couvertes"?
"couvertes" is commonly confused with "couverts", "couvertures", "couvert". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "couvertes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "couvertes" is \ku.vɛʁt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "couvertes" come from?
"couvertes" 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 "couvertes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list