# verge vs verse

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### verge
*noun · IPA /vɜːd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #11,819*
A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.

### verse
*noun · IPA /ˈvɝs/ · frequency rank #5,377*
A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verge-vs-verse