Which to use
“corvées” and “covers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,897
- “corvées” frequency rank
- #41,200
- “covers” frequency rank
- 70097
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | corvées | covers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de corvée. | Pluriel de cover. |
Where the eye mixes corvées and covers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. corvées runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against covers's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses corvées with covers
A purely visual mix-up. corvées (\kɔʁ.ve\) and covers (\kɔ.vœʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70097, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
corvées is recorded at frequency rank #28,897, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔʁ.ve\. covers is at rank #41,200, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ.vœʁ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 70097, this pair ranks #52,649 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of corvées vs covers
Shared letters: ceorsv. Private to "corvées": é. Private to "covers": -.
"corvées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "covers" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- covers ← ccovers · coevrs · coverrs · coverss · covesr · covres · covvers · cvoers
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "corvées" and "covers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "corvées" vs "covers" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "corvées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "covers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,649 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "corvées" and "covers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "convers vs covers". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #52,649 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.