coverage

noun

The verdict

“coverage” is uncommon French (frequency #89,570 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,570
frequency rank, French
257,141
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Couverture médiatique, suivi.

Key facts for coverage
PropertyValue
Headwordcoverage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#89,570
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “coverage” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). coverage lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

coverage is uncommon French at frequency #89,570 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for coverage, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is coverage, spelled C-O-V-E-R-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Couverture médiatique, suivi.
  2. 2
    Signal d'un réseau radiophonique ou téléphonique.
  3. 3
    Gestion, prise en charge, compréhension.

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 "coverage"?
"coverage" is spelled C-O-V-E-R-A-G-E.
What does "coverage" mean?
As a noun, "coverage" means: Couverture médiatique, suivi.
What language does "coverage" come from?
"coverage" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “coverage”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-O-V-E-R-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list