verlan
/vɛə(ɹ)ˈlɑːn/noun
verlan is spelled V-E-R-L-A-N: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, verlan means “A type of backslang used in French, in which the order of the syllables or sounds of words is changed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in verlan?
| Letters | 6: V-E-R-L-A-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 72 million words; the 269,040th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is verlan?
Verlan appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th 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 verlan?
- /vɛə(ɹ)ˈlɑːn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-verlan.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with verlan?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as verlan.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: vernal.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does verlan mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A type of backslang used in French, in which the order of the syllables or sounds of words is changed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Verlan in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense type of backslang used in French:
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 verlan come from?
From French verlan, itself a verlan of à l'envers (“upside down or back to front”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).