verga

/[ˈbeɾɣ̞a]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,602

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

verga is aSpanishnoun. It means: Palo horizontal que sostiene una vela de un barco y que es transversal a un mástil. Pronounced [ˈbeɾɣ̞a]. It ranks #3,602 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with very and viga.

Key facts for verga
PropertyValue
Headwordverga
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbeɾɣ̞a]
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,602
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of verga in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for verga is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbeɾɣ̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,602 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for verga, with forms such as "evrga", "vegra", and "verag". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "very", "viga", "vero", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is verga, spelled V-E-R-G-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Palo horizontal que sostiene una vela de un barco y que es transversal a un mástil.
  2. 2
    Pene.
  3. 3
    Cosa de mala calidad o indeseable.
  4. 4
    Pieza arqueada que conforma la parte frontal del mecanismo en la ballesta, y cuya tensión dispara el lance o virote.
  5. 5
    Varilla de plomo utilizada para fijar los vidrios de las ventanas.
  6. 6
    Rama fina y larga como las que se usan para golpear o para hacer cercos.
  7. 7
    De uso adjetivado con el artículo determinado: Muy bueno.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evrga,vegra,verag,vergga,verrga,vrega,vverga

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for verga

Misspelling Variants of "verga"

evrga5vegra5verag5vergga6verrga6vrega5vverga6
Misspelling Variants of "verga"

Frequency rank: #3,602 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verga"?
"verga" is spelled V-E-R-G-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbeɾɣ̞a].
What does "verga" mean?
As a noun, "verga" means: Palo horizontal que sostiene una vela de un barco y que es transversal a un mástil.
What words are commonly confused with "verga"?
"verga" is commonly confused with "very", "viga", "vero". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "verga"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verga" is [ˈbeɾɣ̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verga" come from?
"verga" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.