# verify

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈvɛɹɪfaɪ/ · frequency rank #8,623

## Definitions
1. To substantiate or prove the truth of something.
2. To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something.
3. To affirm something formally, under oath.

## Etymology
From Old French verifier (French: vérifier), from Medieval Latin vērificāre (“make true”), from Latin vērus (“true”) + faciō (“do, make”); see -fy.

## Easily confused with
- **very** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verify-vs-very)
- **verity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verify-vs-verity)
- **verily** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verify-vs-verily)

## Common misspellings (9)
`evrify`, `veirfy`, `verfiy`, `veriffy`, `verifyy`, `veriyf`, `verrify`, `vreify`, `vverify`

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