ver de terre

\vɛʁ də tɛːʁ\

/\vɛʁ də tɛːʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“ver de terre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Annélide oligochète terricole, invertébré de la famille des Lumbricidés.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ver-de-terre · ver de terre · French

ver de terre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "V" 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.

Key facts for ver de terre
PropertyValue
Headwordver de terre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɛʁ də tɛːʁ\
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ver de terre” sits in French frequency

ver de terre falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ver de terre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \vɛʁ də tɛːʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for ver de terre in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 ver de terre, spelled V-E-R- -D-E- -T-E-R-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Annélide oligochète terricole, invertébré de la famille des Lumbricidés.
  2. 2
    Personne insignifiante.

Synonyms

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ver de terre"?
"ver de terre" is spelled V-E-R- -D-E- -T-E-R-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛʁ də tɛːʁ\.
What does "ver de terre" mean?
As a noun, "ver de terre" means: Annélide oligochète terricole, invertébré de la famille des Lumbricidés.
How do you pronounce "ver de terre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ver de terre" is \vɛʁ də tɛːʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ver de terre" come from?
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list