verdict
/ˈvɝ.dɪkt/noun
verdict is spelled V-E-R-D-I-C-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,784th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, verdict means “A decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of verdict is verdicts.
How many letters and syllables are in verdict?
| Letters | 7: V-E-R-D-I-C-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 11 times per million words; the 6,784th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is verdict?
Verdict appears 11 times per million words in written English, the 6,784th 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 verdict?
- UK /ˈvɜː.dɪkt/
- US /ˈvɝ.dɪkt/
- Australia /ˈvɜː.dɪkt/
Verdict has 2 syllables (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: En-us-verdict.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of verdict
- verdicts plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does verdict mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.
guilty verdict, not guilty verdict, final verdict
- 2
An opinion or judgement.
a “not out” verdict from the umpire
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Verdict in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest:
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 verdict come from?
From Middle English verdit, from Anglo-Norman verdit (> Medieval Latin veredictum), from veir (“true”) + dit (“saying”); possibly a calque of a Germanic term such as Old English sōþword, sōþsprǣċ, sōþspell, sōþsagu, or sōþcwide, all meaning "true story, statement of truth, account, history". Doublet of veredictum.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).