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“recouverte” and “recouvertes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#14,130
“recouverte” frequency rank
#23,337
“recouvertes” frequency rank
37467
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recouverte recouvertes
Definition Féminin singulier de recouvert. Féminin pluriel de recouvert.

Same sound, different letters: recouverte vs recouvertes

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. recouverte runs 10 letters (CVCVVCVCCV) against recouvertes's 11 (CVCVVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
recouverte
11 ch
recouvertes

Same sound, different spelling - recouverte / recouvertes

This is the hard kind. recouverte and recouvertes are pronounced identically (\ʁə.ku.vɛʁt\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “recouverte” sits inside “recouvertes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37467, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recouverte is recorded at frequency rank #14,130, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.ku.vɛʁt\. recouvertes is at rank #23,337, 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 37467, this pair ranks #262,312 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of recouverte vs recouvertes

Shared letters: ceortuv. Private to "recouverte": -. Private to "recouvertes": s.

"recouverte" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCVCCV  ·  "recouvertes" · 11 letters · shape CVCVVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recouverte ← ercouverte · rceouverte · reccouverte · recouevrte · recouveret · recouverrte · recouvertte · recouvetre
  • recouvertes ← ercouvertes · rceouvertes · reccouvertes · recouevrtes · recouverets · recouverrtes · recouvertess · recouvertse

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "recouverte" and "recouvertes" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ʁə.ku.vɛʁt\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "recouverte" or "recouvertes"?
"recouverte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,130 in our French list, against #23,337 for "recouvertes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "recouverte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "recouvertes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #262,312 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recouverte" and "recouvertes" 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 #262,312 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list