veraison
"veraison" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“veraison” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A stage in the ripening process of grapes or olives. It is the relatively short period during which the firm, green berries begin to soften and change colour.
Corpus desk
Index EN-veraison · veraison · English
veraison · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | veraison |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “veraison” in English
Rare enough to double-check
veraison is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A stage in the ripening process of grapes or olives. It is the relatively short period during which the firm, green berries begin to soften and change colour.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for veraison, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French véraison. The correct English form is veraison, spelled V-E-R-A-I-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1A stage in the ripening process of grapes or olives. It is the relatively short period during which the firm, green berries begin to soften and change colour.
Etymology
From French véraison.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.