# veer

> English word · Verb · IPA /vɪə̯/ · frequency rank #28,420

## Definitions
1. To let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Dutch vieren (“to slacken”).

## Easily confused with
- **VR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/veer-vs-vr)
- **vet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/veer-vs-vet)
- **vie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/veer-vs-vie)
- **veg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/veer-vs-veg)
- **vex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/veer-vs-vex)
- **vor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/veer-vs-vor)
- **vel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/veer-vs-vel)
- **very** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/veer-vs-very)
- **view** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/veer-vs-view)
- **vent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/veer-vs-vent)
- **vein** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/veer-vs-vein)
- **vest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/veer-vs-vest)
- **verb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/veer-vs-verb)
- **vera** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/veer-vs-vera)
- **veil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/veer-vs-veil)
- **veto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/veer-vs-veto)
- **vets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/veer-vs-vets)
- **Vega** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/veer-vs-vega)
- **Viet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/veer-vs-viet)
- **vert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/veer-vs-vert)

## Common misspellings (4)
`veerr`, `ver`, `vere`, `vveer`

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