duvet

/\dy.vɛ\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,287

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

duvet is aFrenchnoun. It means: Ensemble des plumes courtes, molles et frisées, qui poussent en premier sur le corps des oiseaux et est particulièrement fournie chez les cygnes et les oies. Pronounced \dy.vɛ\. Often confused with due and det.

Key facts for duvet
PropertyValue
Headwordduvet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\dy.vɛ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#25,287
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of duvet in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for duvet is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \dy.vɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #25,287 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for duvet, with forms such as "dduvet", "duevt", and "duvett". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "due", "det", "dure", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is duvet, spelled D-U-V-E-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble des plumes courtes, molles et frisées, qui poussent en premier sur le corps des oiseaux et est particulièrement fournie chez les cygnes et les oies.
  2. 2
    Poils courts de la toison de certains animaux.
  3. 3
    Premier poil qui vient au menton et aux joues des jeunes gens.
  4. 4
    Poils fins et courts qui recouvrent certaines parties du corps.
  5. 5
    Espèce de coton qui vient sur certains fruits.
  6. 6
    Sac de couchage.
  7. 7
    Couette épaisse.
  8. 8
    Légère couche d'un matériau.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: dduvet,duevt,duvett,duvte,duvvet,dvuet,udvet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for duvet

Misspelling Variants of "duvet"

dduvet6duevt5duvett6duvte5duvvet6dvuet5udvet5
Misspelling Variants of "duvet"

Frequency rank: #25,287 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "duvet"?
"duvet" is spelled D-U-V-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \dy.vɛ\.
What does "duvet" mean?
As a noun, "duvet" means: Ensemble des plumes courtes, molles et frisées, qui poussent en premier sur le corps des oiseaux et est particulièrement fournie chez les cygnes et les oies.
What words are commonly confused with "duvet"?
"duvet" is commonly confused with "due", "det", "dure". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "duvet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "duvet" is \dy.vɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "duvet" come from?
"duvet" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.