couvre-chef
\ku.vʁə.ʃɛf\
The verdict
“couvre-chef” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Coiffe, telle un bonnet, un chapeau, une capuche, ou un chaperon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-couvre-chef · couvre-chef · French
couvre-chef · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | couvre-chef |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku.vʁə.ʃɛf\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
couvre-chef is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku.vʁə.ʃɛf\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Coiffe, telle un bonnet, un chapeau, une capuche, ou un chaperon.".
couvre-chef has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is couvre-chef, spelled C-O-U-V-R-E---C-H-E-F.
Definition
- 1Coiffe, telle un bonnet, un chapeau, une capuche, ou un chaperon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how couvre-chef appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C’était un accident. Jim n’avait pas voulu aplatir son couvre-chef.
On ne porte pas de couvre-chef dans un bureau, c’est du savoir-vivre élémentaire!
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.