vert
/vɝt/noun, adjective
vert is spelled V-E-R-T: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, vert means “A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of vert is verts or 'verts.
How many letters and syllables are in vert?
| Letters | 4: V-E-R-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 29,270th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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 vert?
Vert appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 29,270th 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 vert?
- UK /vɜːt/
- US /vɝt/
Vert 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-vert.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with vert?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as vert from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: trev.
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 vert
- verts plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- verting participle, present
- verted participle, past
- 'verts plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does vert mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.
- 2
archaicGreen undergrowth or other vegetation growing in a forest, as a potential cover for deer.
- 3
archaicThe right to fell trees or cut shrubs in a forest.
- 4
colloquialIn sport, a type of bicycle stunt competition.
- 5
A vertical surface used by skateboarders or skiers.
- 6
informalVertebrate.
- 7
informalVertex.
adjective
- 1
In blazon, of the colour green.
- 2
Abbreviation of vertical.
verb
- 1
archaicTo turn.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate vert?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of vert: vt..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Vert in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 vert come from?
From Middle English vert, borrowed from Old French vert, from Late Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Doublet of virid, which was borrowed directly from Latin.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).