se couvrir
\sə ku.vʁiʁ\
The verdict
“se couvrir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forme pronominale de couvrir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-se-couvrir · se couvrir · French
se couvrir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | se couvrir |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \sə ku.vʁiʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
se couvrir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \sə ku.vʁiʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forme pronominale de couvrir.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for se couvrir, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is se couvrir, spelled S-E- -C-O-U-V-R-I-R.
Definition
- 1Forme pronominale de couvrir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how se couvrir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On était au premier mois de l'été. C'est la belle saison de la Bretagne, car, au printemps, les genêts et les ajoncs se couvrent déjà de fleurs d'or, mais il pleut trop souvent.
This word in other languages
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.