Couvin
\ku.vɛ̃\
The verdict
“Couvin” is uncommon French (frequency #69,729 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,729
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune de la province de Namur de la région wallonne de Belgique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-couvin · Couvin · French
Couvin · rank #69,729 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,729
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH crasseuse
Nearest frequency peer: crasseuse (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Couvin »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- coupaient
coupaient
30,275 corpus weight
- courbés
courbés
30,274 corpus weight
- Couvin
Couvin
30,272 corpus weight
- crasseuse
crasseuse
30,271 corpus weight
- crevard
crevard
30,270 corpus weight
- Crevel
Crevel
30,269 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Couvin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Couvin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ku.vɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #69,729 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Couvin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Couvin is uncommon French at frequency #69,729 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ku.vɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Commune de la province de Namur de la région wallonne de Belgique.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Couvin, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Couvin, spelled C-O-U-V-I-N.
Definition
- 1Commune de la province de Namur de la région wallonne de Belgique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Couvin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le développement de la ligne entre Couvin et Regniowez, comparé à celui de la branche de l'avant-projet, de Mariemboug à Vireux, présente, à la vérité, un excédant de longueur de 5.000 mètres environ ; […].
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.
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