véridique

\ve.ʁi.dik\

/\ve.ʁi.dik\/ adj

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The verdict

“véridique” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,604. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,604
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui aime à dire la vérité ; qui a l’habitude de la dire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-veridique · véridique · French

véridique · rank #20,604 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,604
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vitaux

Nearest frequency peer: vitaux (-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 « véridique »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « véridique » 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).

véridique vs véronique
78% similar
véridique vs véridiques
90% similar

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

Key facts for véridique
PropertyValue
Headwordvéridique
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ve.ʁi.dik\
Letters9
Frequency rank#20,604
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « véridique »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « vitaux » (#20,603), « webcam » (#20,605), « visas » (#20,602). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « véridique » est au #20,604. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around véridique (IPA \ve.ʁi.dik\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,604 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for véridique, with forms such as "veridique", "vréidique", and "vvéridique". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "véronique", "véridiques", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 véridique, spelled V-É-R-I-D-I-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui aime à dire la vérité ; qui a l’habitude de la dire.
  2. 2
    Qui exprime la vérité, qui est conforme à la vérité.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C'est une race […] peu scrupuleuse dans le choix de ses moyens, peu véridique et volontiers voleuse, pillarde et homicide.
  2. Puisqu’il ne faut jamais mentir, alors il faut mentir de temps en temps : l’obligation d’être véridique à tout prix contraint à mentir quand la vérité elle-même est plus fallacieuse que le mensonge.

This word in other languages

truthful(English)wahrhaftig(Deutsch)verídico(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • veridique
  • vréidique
  • vvéridique
  • véirdique
  • vérdiique
  • vériddique
  • véridiqeu
  • véridiqque
  • véridiuqe
  • véridqiue
  • vériidque
  • vérridique
  • évridique

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of véridique - 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.

veridique1vréidique2vvéridique1véirdique2vérdiique2vériddique1véridiqeu2véridiqque1
Edit distance from "véridique"

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 "véridique"?
"véridique" is spelled V-É-R-I-D-I-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ve.ʁi.dik\.
What does "véridique" mean?
As an adjective, "véridique" means: Qui aime à dire la vérité ; qui a l’habitude de la dire.
What words are commonly confused with "véridique"?
"véridique" is commonly confused with "véronique", "véridiques". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "véridique"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "véridique" is \ve.ʁi.dik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "véridique" come from?
"véridique" 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 "véridique", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vendredis#20,600écossaise#20,612éducateur#20,613ultimatum#20,595

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

tournante13 variantssuspecté13 variantsadmissible13 variantsservitude13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list