Which to use
“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.
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?
Which is more common, "recouverte" or "recouvertes"?
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.