# verb

> English word · Noun · IPA /vɜːb/ · frequency rank #10,965

## Definitions
1. A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being.
2. Any word; a vocable.
3. An action as opposed to a trait or thing.
4. A named command that performs a specific operation on an object.

## Etymology
From Middle English verbe, directly from Latin verbum (“word, verb”), reinforced by Old French verbe, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo-. Doublet of verve and word.

## Easily confused with
- **VR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verb-vs-vr)
- **vet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verb-vs-vet)
- **vex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verb-vs-vex)
- **vor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verb-vs-vor)
- **very** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verb-vs-very)
- **vest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verb-vs-vest)
- **veto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verb-vs-veto)
- **vets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verb-vs-vets)
- **vert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verb-vs-vert)
- **vers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verb-vs-vers)
- **verse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verb-vs-verse)
- **verge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verb-vs-verge)
- **Verde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verb-vs-verde)
- **Verne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verb-vs-verne)
- **verve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verb-vs-verve)
- **Verdi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verb-vs-verdi)
- **Verma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verb-vs-verma)
- **verso** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verb-vs-verso)
- **Verna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verb-vs-verna)
- **verbal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verb-vs-verbal)

## Common misspellings (6)
`evrb`, `vebr`, `verbb`, `verrb`, `vreb`, `vverb`

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