Which to use
“courrez” and “couvre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,866
- “courrez” frequency rank
- #3,746
- “couvre” frequency rank
- 47612
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | courrez | couvre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de courir. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de couvrir. |
Where the eye mixes courrez and couvre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. courrez runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against couvre's 6 (CVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: courrez vs couvre
A purely visual mix-up. courrez (\kuʁ.ʁe\) and couvre (\kuvʁ\) 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 47612, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
courrez is recorded at frequency rank #43,866, classified as averb, pronounced \kuʁ.ʁe\. couvre is at rank #3,746, tagged as averb, pronounced \kuvʁ\.
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 47612, this pair ranks #185,571 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of courrez vs couvre
Shared letters: ceoru. Private to "courrez": z. Private to "couvre": v.
"courrez" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "couvre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "courrez" and "couvre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "courrez" or "couvre" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "courrez" and "couvre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "courrez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "couvre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #185,571 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "courrez" and "couvre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "courges vs courrez". 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 #185,571 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.