verbosité

\vɛʁ.bɔ.zi.te\

/\vɛʁ.bɔ.zi.te\/ noun

The verdict

“verbosité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Caractère, défaut de ce qui est verbeux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-verbosite · verbosité · French

verbosité · 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 "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 verbosité
PropertyValue
Headwordverbosité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɛʁ.bɔ.zi.te\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « verbosité » en français

verbositén'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

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

Rare enough to double-check

verbosité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \vɛʁ.bɔ.zi.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Caractère, défaut de ce qui est verbeux.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for verbosité, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is verbosité, spelled V-E-R-B-O-S-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caractère, défaut de ce qui est verbeux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Elle pensait que cette verbosité épineuse n’était que l’appareil de défense d’une trop tendre amande.
  2. Verbeux à la manière italienne qui prend souvent la verbosité pour l’éloquence, le faste pour la richesse, l’agitation pour le mouvement, la fébrilité pour le transport divin.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verbosité"?
"verbosité" is spelled V-E-R-B-O-S-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛʁ.bɔ.zi.te\.
What does "verbosité" mean?
As a noun, "verbosité" means: Caractère, défaut de ce qui est verbeux.
How do you pronounce "verbosité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verbosité" is \vɛʁ.bɔ.zi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verbosité" come from?
"verbosité" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list