Which to use
“couve” and “couvrez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,360
- “couve” frequency rank
- #29,715
- “couvrez” frequency rank
- 62075
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | couve | couvrez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de couver. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe couvrir. |
Where the eye mixes couve and couvrez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. couve runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against couvrez's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between couve and couvrez
A purely visual mix-up. couve (\kuv\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62075, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
couve is recorded at frequency rank #32,360, classified as averb, pronounced \kuv\. 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 62075, this pair ranks #88,950 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of couve vs couvrez
Shared letters: ceouv. Private to "couve": -. Private to "couvrez": rz.
"couve" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "couvrez" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "couve" for "couvrez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "couve" vs "couvrez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "couve" and "couvrez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "couve" 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 #88,950 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "couve" and "couvrez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coupa vs couve". 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 #88,950 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.