verge

/\vɛʁʒ\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,803

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

verge is aFrenchnoun. It means: Baguette longue et flexible, de bois ou de métal. Pronounced \vɛʁʒ\. Often confused with vers and Vert.

Key facts for verge
PropertyValue
Headwordverge
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɛʁʒ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#24,803
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for verge is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vɛʁʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #24,803 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for verge, with forms such as "evrge", "vegre", and "vereg". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vers", "Vert", "vire", 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 verge, spelled V-E-R-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Baguette longue et flexible, de bois ou de métal.
  2. 2
    Menus brins de bouleau, de genêt, d’osier, etc. liés ensemble avec lesquels on fouette ou fustige.
  3. 3
    Baguette, ordinairement garnie d’ivoire ou d’argent, qui est l’insigne des fonctions des bedeaux et de certains huissiers.
  4. 4
    Organe sexuel masculin ; pénis.
  5. 5
    Sorte d’épée utilisée au Moyen Âge.
  6. 6
    Anneau sans chaton.
  7. 7
    Pièce droite qui réunit les pattes de l’ancre à l’organeau.
  8. 8
    Ancienne mesure agraire française valant le quart d’un arpent.
  9. 9
    Yard. Unité de mesure de la distance ou de la longueur (système impérial britannique), valant trois pieds, encore utilisée aux États-Unis, définie comme exactement 0,9144 mètre depuis 1959. Le symbole est yd (international) ou vg (au Canada francophone).
  10. 10
    Baguette à laquelle on attache une fusée volante.
  11. 11
    Tige ou tringle droite, plus ou moins longue, ordinairement métallique.
  12. 12
    Pivot sur lequel se meut le balancier.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evrge,vegre,vereg,vergge,verrge,vrege,vverge

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for verge

Misspelling Variants of "verge"

evrge5vegre5vereg5vergge6verrge6vrege5vverge6
Misspelling Variants of "verge"

Frequency rank: #24,803 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verge"?
"verge" is spelled V-E-R-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛʁʒ\.
What does "verge" mean?
As a noun, "verge" means: Baguette longue et flexible, de bois ou de métal.
What words are commonly confused with "verge"?
"verge" is commonly confused with "vers", "Vert", "vire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "verge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verge" is \vɛʁʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verge" come from?
"verge" 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.