couverts

\ku.vɛʁ\

/\ku.vɛʁ\/ adj

The verdict

“couverts” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,416. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,416
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de couvert.

Corpus desk

Index FR-couverts · couverts · French

couverts · rank #7,416 · 12 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,416
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH consacre

Nearest frequency peer: consacre (-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 « couverts »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « couverts » 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).

couverts vs covers
75% similar
couverts vs courts
75% similar
couverts vs couvert
88% similar

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

Key facts for couverts
PropertyValue
Headwordcouverts
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ku.vɛʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,416
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « couverts »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.couvertsse 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 « consacre » (#7,415), « compétitions » (#7,414), « croiser » (#7,418). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « couverts » est au #7,416. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around couverts (IPA \ku.vɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,416 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de couvert.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for couverts, with forms such as "ccouverts", "couevrts", and "couverrts". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "covers", "courts", "couvert", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is couverts, spelled C-O-U-V-E-R-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de couvert.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Je m’assis sur un divan disparu sous les coussins, et je me sentis soudain soutenu, porté, capitonné par ces petits sacs de plume couverts de soie, comme si la forme et la place de mon corps eussent été marquées d’avance sur ce meuble.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccouverts
  • couevrts
  • couverrts
  • couverst
  • couvertss
  • couvertts
  • couvetrs
  • couvrets
  • couvverts
  • covuerts
  • cuoverts
  • ocuverts

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of couverts - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccouverts1couevrts2couverrts1couverst2couvertss1couvertts1couvetrs2couvrets2
Edit distance from "couverts"

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 "couverts"?
"couverts" is spelled C-O-U-V-E-R-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.vɛʁ\.
What does "couverts" mean?
As an adjective, "couverts" means: Masculin pluriel de couvert.
What words are commonly confused with "couverts"?
"couverts" is commonly confused with "covers", "courts", "couvert". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "couverts"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "couverts" is \ku.vɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "couverts" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list