en vérité
\ɑ̃ ve.ʁi.te\
The verdict
“en vérité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Selon la vérité ; vraiment ; assurément.
Corpus desk
Index FR-en-verite · en vérité · French
en vérité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | en vérité |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ɑ̃ ve.ʁi.te\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « en vérité » en français
Rare enough to double-check
en vérité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ɑ̃ ve.ʁi.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Selon la vérité ; vraiment ; assurément.".
en vérité doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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. The correct French form is en vérité, spelled E-N- -V-É-R-I-T-É.
Definition
- 1Selon la vérité ; vraiment ; assurément.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how en vérité appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— En vérité du bon Dieu ! s’exclama-t-elle… Puisque je vous dis que Madame n’est pas rentrée, monsieur Mintié !…
Ribadier. — Eh ! Monsieur, je ne sais ce que vous voulez dire ! Si madame votre femme a un amant, ce n’est pas moi ! Vous vous serez trompé de piste dans la rue. Savinet. — En vérité ! Alors, monsieur, comment se fait-il que vous ayez mon chapeau, tandis que j’ai le vôtre ?
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.