recouvrir
\ʁə.ku.vʁiʁ\
The verdict
“recouvrir” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,851. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,851
- frequency rank, French
- 5,742
- “R” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couvrir de nouveau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-recouvrir · recouvrir · French
recouvrir · rank #18,851 · 13 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,851
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,742
- PHOTO-FINISH ravir
Nearest frequency peer: ravir (-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 « recouvrir »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- random
random
81,153 corpus weight
- rapprochée
rapprochée
81,152 corpus weight
- ravir
ravir
81,151 corpus weight
- recouvrir
recouvrir
81,150 corpus weight
- rejets
rejets
81,149 corpus weight
- rembourseme…
remboursements
81,147 corpus weight
What this shows « recouvrir » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
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 | recouvrir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁə.ku.vʁiʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #18,851 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « recouvrir »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around recouvrir (IPA \ʁə.ku.vʁiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #18,851 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for recouvrir, with forms such as "ercouvrir", "rceouvrir", and "reccouvrir". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "rouvrir", "redécouvrir", "recourir", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is recouvrir, spelled R-E-C-O-U-V-R-I-R.
Definition
- 1Couvrir de nouveau.
- 2Couvrir entièrement.
- 3Masquer, cacher avec soin sous des prétextes spécieux, sous des apparences louables, quelque chose de vicieux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how recouvrir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Recouvrir un toit, une maison, les fauteuils.
Faire recouvrir un livre.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ercouvrir
- rceouvrir
- reccouvrir
- recourvir
- recouvirr
- recouvrirr
- recouvrri
- recouvrrir
- recouvvrir
- recovurir
- recuovrir
- reocuvrir
- rrecouvrir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of recouvrir - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).