duveté

\dyv.te\

/\dyv.te\/ adj

The verdict

“duveté” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est garni de duvet.

Corpus desk

Index FR-duvete · duveté · French

duveté · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "D" 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.

Key facts for duveté
PropertyValue
Headwordduveté
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\dyv.te\
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « duveté » en français

duvetéreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

duveté is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \dyv.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

duveté has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is duveté, spelled D-U-V-E-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est garni de duvet.
  2. 2
    Doux et moelleux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Graines ailées, aigrettées, duvetées, enveloppées de gourmandise et en appelant à l’oiseau ! de quelle ingéniosité fait preuve chaque plante pour éparpiller le plus loin possible d’elle sa descendance !
  2. Un ciel duveté couve la ville : les nerfs sont tissés à fleur de peau, tout paraît si neuf au toucher que l’on voudrait comme un aveugle palper le monde.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "duveté"?
"duveté" is spelled D-U-V-E-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \dyv.te\.
What does "duveté" mean?
As an adjective, "duveté" means: Qui est garni de duvet.
How do you pronounce "duveté"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "duveté" is \dyv.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "duveté" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list