couvre-livres
\ku.vʁə.livʁ\
The verdict
“couvre-livres” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de couvre-livre.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | couvre-livres |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku.vʁə.livʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “couvre-livres” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for couvre-livres is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ku.vʁə.livʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de couvre-livre.".
couvre-livres doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is couvre-livres, spelled C-O-U-V-R-E---L-I-V-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de couvre-livre.
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.
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Using “couvre-livres”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-U-V-R-E---L-I-V-R-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ku.vʁə.livʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.