veer
/vɪ(ə)ɹ/noun, verb
veer is spelled V-E-E-R: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,214th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, veer means “A turn or swerve; an instance of veering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of veer is veers.
How many letters and syllables are in veer?
| Letters | 4: V-E-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,214th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is veer?
Veer appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,214th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce veer?
- UK /vɪə̯/
- US /vɪ(ə)ɹ/
Veer has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-veer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with veer?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as veer from its last stressed vowel (/ɪɹ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ever.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of veer
- veers present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- veering participle, present
- veered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does veer mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A turn or swerve; an instance of veering.
- 2
A piglet or a heifer.
verb
- 1
To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve.
The car slid on the ice and veered out of control.
- 2
To shift in a clockwise direction (if in the Northern Hemisphere, or in a counterclockwise direction if in the Southern Hemisphere).
- 3
To shift aft.
- 4
To change direction into the wind; to wear ship.
- 5
To turn.
- 6
obsoleteTo let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Veer in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | virer, tourner |
| German | ausscheren, abdrehen , rechtdrehen , drehen |
| Spanish | virar |
| Portuguese | virar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does veer come from?
Borrowed from Middle French virer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).