ver

/\vɛʁ\/ noun

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,804

in French word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

ver is aFrenchnoun. It means: Animal invertébré long et rampant au corps cylindrique, sans membres articulés et qui correspond à plusieurs animaux comme les vers de terre, certaines larves d’insectes, etc. Pronounced \vɛʁ\. Often confused with vu and vi.

Key facts for ver
PropertyValue
Headwordver
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɛʁ\
Letters3
Frequency rank#10,804
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ver in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for ver is 3 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vɛʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #10,804 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for ver in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable French patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vu", "vi", "vs", 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 French form is ver, spelled V-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Animal invertébré long et rampant au corps cylindrique, sans membres articulés et qui correspond à plusieurs animaux comme les vers de terre, certaines larves d’insectes, etc.
  2. 2
    Parasite qui se développe dans le corps de l’être humain et des animaux.
  3. 3
    Logiciel malveillant indépendant, ce qui le distingue d’un virus qui est intégré dans un autre logiciel, et qui se transmet d’ordinateur à ordinateur par l’internet ou tout autre réseau et perturbe le fonctionnement des systèmes concernés en s’exécutant à l’insu des utilisateurs.
  4. 4
    Personne de peu de valeur.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #10,804 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ver"?
"ver" is spelled V-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛʁ\.
What does "ver" mean?
As a noun, "ver" means: Animal invertébré long et rampant au corps cylindrique, sans membres articulés et qui correspond à plusieurs animaux comme les vers de terre, certaines larves d’insectes, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "ver"?
"ver" is commonly confused with "vu", "vi", "vs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ver"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ver" is \vɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ver" come from?
"ver" is a French 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.