Which to use
“cours” and “covers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #202
- “cours” frequency rank
- #41,200
- “covers” frequency rank
- 41402
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cours | covers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mouvement d’écoulement naturel dans l’espace. → voir cours d’eau et … | Pluriel de cover. |
Where the eye mixes cours and covers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cours vs covers
A purely visual mix-up. cours (\kuʁ\) 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 41402, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cours is recorded at frequency rank #202, classified as anoun, pronounced \kuʁ\. 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 41402, this pair ranks #233,369 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cours vs covers
Shared letters: cors. Private to "cours": u. Private to "covers": ev.
"cours" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "covers" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cours" for "covers" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cours" or "covers"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cours" and "covers" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cours" 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 #233,369 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cours" 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 #233,369 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.