Which to use
“recouvert” and “recouverte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,568
- “recouvert” frequency rank
- #14,130
- “recouverte” frequency rank
- 24698
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | recouvert | recouverte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Complètement couvert. | Féminin singulier de recouvert. |
Where the eye mixes recouvert and recouverte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. recouvert runs 9 letters (CVCVVCVCC) against recouverte's 10 (CVCVVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between recouvert and recouverte
A purely visual mix-up. recouvert (\ʁə.ku.vɛʁ\) and recouverte (\ʁə.ku.vɛʁt\) 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 extra letter(s) - “recouvert” sits inside “recouverte”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24698, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
recouvert is recorded at frequency rank #10,568, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.ku.vɛʁ\. recouverte is at rank #14,130, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.ku.vɛʁt\.
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 24698, this pair ranks #345,123 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of recouvert vs recouverte
Shared letters: ceortuv. Private to "recouvert": -. Private to "recouverte": -.
"recouvert" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCVCC · "recouverte" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- recouvert ← ercouvert · rceouvert · reccouvert · recouevrt · recouverrt · recouvertt · recouvetr · recouvret
- recouverte ← ercouverte · rceouverte · reccouverte · recouevrte · recouveret · recouverrte · recouvertte · recouvetre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "recouvert" for "recouverte" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "recouvert" or "recouverte" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "recouvert" and "recouverte" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "recouvert" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "recouverte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #345,123 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "recouvert" and "recouverte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reconvertie vs recouverte". 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 #345,123 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.