couvre

\kuvʁ\

/\kuvʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“couvre” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,746. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,746
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de couvrir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-couvre · couvre · French

couvre · rank #3,746 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,746
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH croyais

Nearest frequency peer: croyais (+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 « couvre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « couvre » 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).

couvre vs cure
67% similar
couvre vs cuve
67% similar
couvre vs cuire
67% similar

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

Key facts for couvre
PropertyValue
Headwordcouvre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kuvʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,746
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « couvre »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.couvrese 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 « croyais » (#3,747), « constate » (#3,744), « Dominique » (#3,748). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « couvre » est au #3,746. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around couvre (IPA \kuvʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,746 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for couvre, with forms such as "ccouvre", "courve", and "couver". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cure", "cuve", "cuire", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is couvre, spelled C-O-U-V-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de couvrir.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de couvrir.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de couvrir.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de couvrir.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de couvrir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Levée comme une folle, persuadée que mon fils se meure à moitié, je le secoue, le réveille, le déculotte, le thermométrise, le couvre de baisers, soulagée d’avoir lu un 37° apaisant.
  2. Tiens, mimi, couvre-toi donc, dit-il.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccouvre
  • courve
  • couver
  • couvrre
  • couvvre
  • covure
  • cuovre
  • ocuvre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccouvre1courve2couver2couvrre1couvvre1covure2cuovre2ocuvre2
Edit distance from "couvre"

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 "couvre"?
"couvre" is spelled C-O-U-V-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kuvʁ\.
What does "couvre" mean?
As a verb, "couvre" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de couvrir.
What words are commonly confused with "couvre"?
"couvre" is commonly confused with "cure", "cuve", "cuire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "couvre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "couvre" is \kuvʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "couvre" come from?
"couvre" 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 "couvre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

défend#3,750désert#3,751enjeux#3,753gardes#3,758

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

gloire8 variantsmaillot8 variantsRhône8 variantspseudo8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list