verso
"verso" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“verso” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #40,953 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #40,953
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal;
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | verso |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #40,953 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “verso” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for verso is 5 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #40,953 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for verso, with forms such as "evrso", "veros", and "verrso". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "very", "vest", "veto", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin in versō foliō (“on the turned leaf, on the turned page”), the ablative case of the Latin versus (“turned, changed”) from the perfect passive participle of vertō (“turn”). Compare rēctus (“right”). The correct English form is verso, spelled V-E-R-S-O.
Definition
- 1The back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal;
- 2The back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal;
Etymology
From Latin in versō foliō (“on the turned leaf, on the turned page”), the ablative case of the Latin versus (“turned, changed”) from the perfect passive participle of vertō (“turn”). Compare rēctus (“right”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evrso,veros,verrso,versso,vesro,vreso,vverso
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verso - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “verso”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is V-E-R-S-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “very” - see the side-by-side comparison. verso vs very
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.