Which to use
“couverture” and “couvertures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,359
- “couverture” frequency rank
- #10,477
- “couvertures” frequency rank
- 12836
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | couverture | couvertures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Grande pièce d’étoffe épaisse couvrant le lit, se plaçant au-dessus des draps. | Pluriel de couverture. |
Same sound, different letters: couverture vs couvertures
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - couverture / couvertures
This is the hard kind. couverture and couvertures are pronounced identically (\ku.vɛʁ.tyʁ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “couverture” sits inside “couvertures”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12836, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
couverture is recorded at frequency rank #2,359, classified as anoun, pronounced \ku.vɛʁ.tyʁ\. couvertures is at rank #10,477, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ku.vɛʁ.tyʁ\.
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 12836, this pair ranks #403,558 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of couverture vs couvertures
Shared letters: ceortuv. Private to "couverture": -. Private to "couvertures": s.
"couverture" · 10 letters · shape CVVCVCCVCV · "couvertures" · 11 letters · shape CVVCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- couverture ← ccouverture · couevrture · couverrture · couvertrue · couvertture · couvertuer · couverturre · couverutre
- couvertures ← ccouvertures · couevrtures · couverrtures · couvertrues · couverttures · couvertuers · couverturess · couverturres
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "couverture" and "couvertures" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "couverture" or "couvertures"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "couverture" / "couvertures". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "couverture" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "couvertures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #403,558 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "couverture" and "couvertures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "couvertes vs couvertures". 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 #403,558 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.