Which to use
“courrez” and “couvrez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,866
- “courrez” frequency rank
- #29,715
- “couvrez” frequency rank
- 73581
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | courrez | couvrez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de courir. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe couvrir. |
Where the eye mixes courrez and couvrez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. courrez and couvrez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses courrez with couvrez
A purely visual mix-up. courrez (\kuʁ.ʁe\) and couvrez (\ku.vʁe\) 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 a single letter - r in “courrez” becomes v in “couvrez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73581, 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\. couvrez is at rank #29,715, tagged as averb, pronounced \ku.vʁe\.
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 73581, this pair ranks #39,972 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of courrez vs couvrez
Shared letters: ceoruz. Private to "courrez": -. Private to "couvrez": v.
"courrez" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "couvrez" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "courrez" and "couvrez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "courrez" or "couvrez" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "courrez" and "couvrez" 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 "couvrez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #39,972 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "courrez" and "couvrez" 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 #39,972 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.