verdure
/ˈvɜːd͡ʒə/
"verdure" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“verdure” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The greenness of lush or growing vegetation (greenery); also: the vegetation itself.
Corpus desk
Index EN-verdure · verdure · English
verdure · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | verdure |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈvɜːd͡ʒə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “verdure” in English
Rare enough to double-check
verdure is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈvɜːd͡ʒə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
verdure doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English verdure, from Middle French verdure, from Old French verdure, from Late Latin *viridūra, from viridis (“green”) + -ūra (abstract noun-forming suffix). The correct English form is verdure, spelled V-E-R-D-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1The greenness of lush or growing vegetation (greenery); also: the vegetation itself.
- 2A condition of health and vigour.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how verdure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] now he was / The ivy which had hid my princely trunk, / And suck'd my verdure out on't.
The five weeks which she had now passed in Kent had made a great difference in the country, and every day was adding to the verdure of the early trees.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English verdure, from Middle French verdure, from Old French verdure, from Late Latin *viridūra, from viridis (“green”) + -ūra (abstract noun-forming suffix).
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.