couvre-tout
\ku.vʁə.tu\
The verdict
“couvre-tout” 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
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vêtement de travail d’une seule pièce de tissu qui couvre tout le corps, porté par-dessus les autres vêtements pour les protéger ou ne pas les salir.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | couvre-tout |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku.vʁə.tu\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “couvre-tout” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for couvre-tout is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ku.vʁə.tu\. 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: "Vêtement de travail d’une seule pièce de tissu qui couvre tout le corps, porté par-dessus les autres vêtements pour les protéger ou ne pas les salir.".
couvre-tout has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is couvre-tout, spelled C-O-U-V-R-E---T-O-U-T.
Definition
- 1Vêtement de travail d’une seule pièce de tissu qui couvre tout le corps, porté par-dessus les autres vêtements pour les protéger ou ne pas les salir.
Synonyms
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-tout”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-U-V-R-E---T-O-U-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ku.vʁə.tu\ (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.