verdure

\vɛʁ.dyʁ\

/\vɛʁ.dyʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“verdure” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,534. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,534
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couleur verte que présentent les herbes, les plantes, les feuilles des arbres, surtout au printemps.

Corpus desk

Index FR-verdure · verdure · French

verdure · rank #15,534 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,534
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vendant

Nearest frequency peer: vendant (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « verdure »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « verdure » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

verdure vs verre
71% similar
verdure vs verde
71% similar
verdure vs vendre
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for verdure
PropertyValue
Headwordverdure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɛʁ.dyʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,534
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « verdure »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).verdurese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « vendant » (#15,533), « versée » (#15,535), « vasculaire » (#15,532). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « verdure » est au #15,534. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around verdure (IPA \vɛʁ.dyʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,534 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for verdure, with forms such as "evrdure", "vedrure", and "verddure". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "verre", "verde", "vendre", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is verdure, spelled V-E-R-D-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Couleur verte que présentent les herbes, les plantes, les feuilles des arbres, surtout au printemps.
  2. 2
    Ensemble des herbes, des plantes et des feuilles mêmes.
  3. 3
    Tenture de tapisserie qui représente principalement des arbres.
  4. 4
    Ensemble de plantes potagères dont on mange les feuilles, comme la salade, l’oseille, le persil, le cerfeuil, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au bout de la terre de Jacques Lebrun, sur la lisière du bois se trouvait une longue suite de grosses roches, recouvertes, pour la plupart, de mousses épaisses et de lichens, et entre lesquelles s'élevaient plusieurs sapins à la sombre verdure.
  2. L’on peut dire que Lourdes est tout l’opposé de La Salette : le panorama y est magnifique, les parages s’éploient dans des verdures, les monts apprivoisés aisément s’abordent ; […].

This word in other languages

verdure(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evrdure
  • vedrure
  • verddure
  • verdrue
  • verduer
  • verdurre
  • verrdure
  • verudre
  • vredure
  • vverdure

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verdure - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

evrdure2vedrure2verddure1verdrue2verduer2verdurre1verrdure1verudre2
Edit distance from "verdure"

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 "verdure"?
"verdure" is spelled V-E-R-D-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛʁ.dyʁ\.
What does "verdure" mean?
As a noun, "verdure" means: Couleur verte que présentent les herbes, les plantes, les feuilles des arbres, surtout au printemps.
What words are commonly confused with "verdure"?
"verdure" is commonly confused with "verre", "verde", "vendre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "verdure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verdure" is \vɛʁ.dyʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verdure" come from?
"verdure" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vendant#15,533vieilli#15,536syntaxe#15,518aisance#15,558

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

échappée10 variantssupposés10 variantsaccusant10 variantsavertis10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list