découvre
\de.kuvʁ\
The verdict
“découvre” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,773. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,773
- frequency rank, French
- 5,307
- “D” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de découvrir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-decouvre · découvre · French
découvre · rank #2,773 · 12 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,773
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,307
- PHOTO-FINISH drogue
Nearest frequency peer: drogue (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “découvre”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- debout
debout
97,231 corpus weight
- disais
disais
97,230 corpus weight
- drogue
drogue
97,229 corpus weight
- découvre
découvre
97,228 corpus weight
- détruire
détruire
97,227 corpus weight
- enfer
enfer
97,226 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “découvre” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | découvre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \de.kuvʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #2,773 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “découvre” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around découvre (IPA \de.kuvʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,773 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for découvre, with forms such as "dcéouvre", "ddécouvre", and "decouvre". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "découvrir", "découvrez", "découvrit", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is découvre, spelled D-É-C-O-U-V-R-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de découvrir.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de découvrir.
- 3Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de découvrir.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de découvrir.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de découvrir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how découvre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un homme en salopette le découvre là au petit matin, trempé, paupières closes, et l’interpelle dans sa langue dont les mots assonants le tirent lentement de sa torpeur.
C’est là, se dit-il, en s’asseyant sur une des roches d’où se découvre le beau paysage de Bouron, l’endroit fatal où Napoléon espéra faire un effort gigantesque, l’avant-veille de son abdication.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- dcéouvre
- ddécouvre
- decouvre
- déccouvre
- décourve
- découver
- découvrre
- découvvre
- décovure
- décuovre
- déocuvre
- édcouvre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of découvre - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "découvre", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "découvre". Here's where to go from here.
- "découvre" maps to 12 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "découvrir". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,773 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.