duvet

\dy.vɛ\

/\dy.vɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“duvet” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,287. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,287
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 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.

Corpus desk

Index FR-duvet · duvet · French

duvet · rank #25,287 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,287
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH duos

Nearest frequency peer: duos (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « duvet »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « duvet » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

duvet vs due
60% similar
duvet vs det
60% similar
duvet vs dure
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « duvet »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).duvetse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « duos » (#25,286), « débarras » (#25,288), « DIY » (#25,285). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « duvet » est au #25,287. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around duvet (IPA \dy.vɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,287 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for duvet, with forms such as "dduvet", "duevt", and "duvett". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "due", "det", "dure", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is duvet, spelled D-U-V-E-T.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how duvet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ces îlots, constitués de basalte, servent de repaires à des myriades d’eiders qui nichent dans les rochers. Ces oiseaux donnent le précieux duvet connu sous le nom d’édredon, et sont la principale ressource des habitants : la loi défend de les tuer.
  2. Ces petits moineaux ont encore leur duvet. — Un oreiller de duvet. — Un édredon de duvet de cygne.

Synonyms

sac de couchage

This word in other languages

down(English)plumón(Español)Daune(Deutsch)penugem(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • dduvet
  • duevt
  • duvett
  • duvte
  • duvvet
  • dvuet
  • udvet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of duvet - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

dduvet1duevt2duvett1duvte2duvvet1dvuet2udvet2
Edit distance from "duvet"

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 "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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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "duvet", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dirty#25,281frost#25,325chico#25,247gagna#25,332

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

dillon7 variantsfoirer7 variantscaveau7 variantscassis7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list