verbatim

\vɛʁ.ba.tim\

/\vɛʁ.ba.tim\/ noun

The verdict

“verbatim” is uncommon French (frequency #58,337 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,337
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Transcription fidèle d’une déclaration orale.

Corpus desk

Index FR-verbatim · verbatim · French

verbatim · rank #58,337 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,337
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH veni

Nearest frequency peer: veni (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « verbatim »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « verbatim » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verbatim
PropertyValue
Headwordverbatim
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɛʁ.ba.tim\
Letters8
Frequency rank#58,337
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « verbatim » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).verbatimtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « veni » (#58,336), « Vergara » (#58,338), « vectorielle » (#58,335). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « verbatim » est au #58,337. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verbatim is uncommon French at frequency #58,337 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \vɛʁ.ba.tim\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

verbatim doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is verbatim, spelled V-E-R-B-A-T-I-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Transcription fidèle d’une déclaration orale.
  2. 2
    Ensemble des mots et phrases employés par une population lors d’une enquête ou lors de messages spontanés (courriel, lettre, téléphone…) adressés à une entreprise.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how verbatim appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. C’est à la lettre près qu’elle reproduit à partir de l’ouvrage de Cuniot le verbatim d’une entrevue-débat qui eut lieu à la télévision française le 10 juin 1988 entre elle-même et l’astronome Dominique Ballereau.
  2. Il filtrait les visiteurs, les interrogeait à la sortie et notait les verbatim.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verbatim"?
"verbatim" is spelled V-E-R-B-A-T-I-M. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛʁ.ba.tim\.
What does "verbatim" mean?
As a noun, "verbatim" means: Transcription fidèle d’une déclaration orale.
How do you pronounce "verbatim"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verbatim" is \vɛʁ.ba.tim\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "verbatim", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list