# verse

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈvɝs/ · frequency rank #5,377

## Definitions
1. A poetic form with regular meter and a fixed rhyme scheme.
2. Poetic form in general.
3. One of several similar units of a song, consisting of several lines, generally rhymed.
4. A small section of a holy book (Bible, Quran etc.)
5. A portion of an anthem to be performed by a single voice to each part.

## Etymology
From Middle English vers, from a mixture of Old English fers and Old French vers; both from Latin versus (“a line in writing, and in poetry a verse; (originally) row, furrow”), from vertō (“to turn around”).

## Easily confused with
- **very** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verse-vs-very)
- **vest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verse-vs-vest)
- **vets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verse-vs-vets)
- **vert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verse-vs-vert)
- **vise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verse-vs-vise)
- **verve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verse-vs-verve)
- **verso** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verse-vs-verso)
- **versus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verse-vs-versus)
- **vessel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verse-vs-vessel)
- **verses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verse-vs-verses)
- **versed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verse-vs-versed)
- **vertex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verse-vs-vertex)
- **vee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vee-vs-verse)
- **verb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verb-vs-verse)
- **vera** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vera-vs-verse)
- **vase** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vase-vs-verse)
- **vers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vers-vs-verse)
- **venue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/venue-vs-verse)
- **verge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verge-vs-verse)
- **Verde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verde-vs-verse)

## Common misspellings (7)
`evrse`, `veres`, `verrse`, `versse`, `vesre`, `vrese`, `vverse`

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