couvre-visage
\kuvʁ.vi.zaʒ\
The verdict
“couvre-visage” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masque sanitaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-couvre-visage · couvre-visage · French
couvre-visage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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-visage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kuvʁ.vi.zaʒ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
couvre-visage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kuvʁ.vi.zaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masque sanitaire.".
couvre-visage has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is couvre-visage, spelled C-O-U-V-R-E---V-I-S-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Masque sanitaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how couvre-visage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le couvre-visage artisanal en tissu pourrait-il bientôt être interdit? Dans quelques endroits dans le monde en tout cas, on oblige maintenant le port d’un masque médical uniquement, et certains spécialistes croient que le Québec devrait faire de même.
D’abord, il ne fallait surtout pas en porter. De toute façon, qu’il soit lavable ou jetable, normé ou bricolé, le masque médical ou le couvre-visage en tissu était difficile à trouver. Puis, son adoption a été recommandée et encouragée. Et aujourd’hui, non seulement il faut absolument en porter un, mais selon certains experts, il faudrait même… en porter…
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.