# verso

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #40,953

## Definitions
1. The back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal;
2. The 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”).

## Easily confused with
- **very** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verso-vs-very)
- **vest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verso-vs-vest)
- **veto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verso-vs-veto)
- **vets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verso-vs-vets)
- **vert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verso-vs-vert)
- **Virgo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verso-vs-virgo)
- **verve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verso-vs-verve)
- **versus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verso-vs-versus)
- **verb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verb-vs-verso)
- **vera** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vera-vs-verso)
- **vers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vers-vs-verso)
- **verse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verse-vs-verso)
- **verge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verge-vs-verso)
- **Verde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verde-vs-verso)
- **Verne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verne-vs-verso)
- **Verdi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verdi-vs-verso)
- **Verma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verma-vs-verso)
- **Verna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verna-vs-verso)
- **verses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/verses-vs-verso)
- **Vernon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vernon-vs-verso)

## Common misspellings (7)
`evrso`, `veros`, `verrso`, `versso`, `vesro`, `vreso`, `vverso`

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