versed
/vɝst/adjective, verb
versed is spelled V-E-R-S-E-D: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,798th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, versed means “Knowledgeable or skilled, either through study or experience; familiar; practiced” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in versed?
| Letters | 6: V-E-R-S-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,798th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is versed?
Versed appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,798th 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 versed?
- US /vɝst/
- UK /vɜːst/
Versed has one syllable (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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-versed.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with versed
Sounds like: verst (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with versed?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as versed from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹst/):
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).
Forms of versed
- more versed comparative
- most versed superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does versed mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Knowledgeable or skilled, either through study or experience; familiar; practiced.
verb
- 1
past of verse
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Versed in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense knowledgeable or skilled:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | versé |
| German | versiert, geschickt, erfahren, geübt, bekannt, sachkundig |
| Spanish | versado |
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.