verges

\vɛʁʒ\

/\vɛʁʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“verges” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,012. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,012
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de verge.

Corpus desk

Index FR-verges · verges · French

verges · rank #28,012 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,012
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vaudois

Nearest frequency peer: vaudois (-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 « verges »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « verges » 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).

verges vs vers
67% similar
verges vs verre
67% similar
verges vs verts
67% similar

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

Key facts for verges
PropertyValue
Headwordverges
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɛʁʒ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#28,012
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « verges »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).vergesse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « vaudois » (#28,011), « Verlaine » (#28,013), « validés » (#28,010). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « verges » est au #28,012. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around verges (IPA \vɛʁʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,012 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de verge.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for verges, with forms such as "evrges", "vegres", and "veregs". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vers", "verre", "verts", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is verges, spelled V-E-R-G-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de verge.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Elle a eu la honte de se décaleçonner et de se laver le postérieur aux grands éclats de rire de nous toutes, pendant que la sœur avec des verges lui donnait le fouet pour activer sa besogne et balayer sa maison de derrière, disait-elle.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evrges
  • vegres
  • veregs
  • vergess
  • vergges
  • vergse
  • verrges
  • vreges
  • vverges

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verges - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

evrges2vegres2veregs2vergess1vergges1vergse2verrges1vreges2
Edit distance from "verges"

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 "verges"?
"verges" is spelled V-E-R-G-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛʁʒ\.
What does "verges" mean?
As a noun, "verges" means: Pluriel de verge.
What words are commonly confused with "verges"?
"verges" is commonly confused with "vers", "verre", "verts". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "verges"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verges" is \vɛʁʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verges" come from?
"verges" 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 "verges", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

URSSAF#28,006vuelta#28,021triché#27,999étirer#28,030

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

vaudois9 variantsAbbeville9 variantsapathie9 variantsarches9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list