vérifier

\ve.ʁi.fje\

/\ve.ʁi.fje\/ verb

The verdict

“vérifier” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,156. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,156
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Examiner, rechercher si une chose est vraie, si elle est telle qu’elle doit être ou qu’on l’a déclarée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-verifier · vérifier · French

vérifier · rank #2,156 · 12 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,156
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH trente

Nearest frequency peer: trente (-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 « vérifier »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vérifier » 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).

vérifier vs verrier
63% similar
vérifier vs vernier
63% similar
vérifier vs vérifiez
88% similar

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

Key facts for vérifier
PropertyValue
Headwordvérifier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ve.ʁi.fje\
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,156
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vérifier »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).vérifierse 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 « trente » (#2,155), « écriture » (#2,157), « tranquille » (#2,154). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vérifier » est au #2,156. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around vérifier (IPA \ve.ʁi.fje\), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,156 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for vérifier, with forms such as "verifier", "vréifier", and "vvérifier". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "verrier", "vernier", "vérifiez", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is vérifier, spelled V-É-R-I-F-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Examiner, rechercher si une chose est vraie, si elle est telle qu’elle doit être ou qu’on l’a déclarée.
  2. 2
    Dans l’ancienne législation, enregistrer un édit.
  3. 3
    Faire voir la vérité ou l’exactitude d’une chose, d’une proposition ou d’une assertion ; les confirmer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Vérifiez certains points de détail.
  2. A plat ventre, près de la rampe, l'électricien vérifiait les ampoules sans s'occuper de la vedette.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • verifier
  • vréifier
  • vvérifier
  • véirfier
  • vérfiier
  • vérifeir
  • vériffier
  • vérifierr
  • vérifire
  • vériifer
  • vérrifier
  • évrifier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vérifier - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

verifier1vréifier2vvérifier1véirfier2vérfiier2vérifeir2vériffier1vérifierr1
Edit distance from "vérifier"

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 "vérifier"?
"vérifier" is spelled V-É-R-I-F-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ve.ʁi.fje\.
What does "vérifier" mean?
As a verb, "vérifier" means: Examiner, rechercher si une chose est vraie, si elle est telle qu’elle doit être ou qu’on l’a déclarée.
What words are commonly confused with "vérifier"?
"vérifier" is commonly confused with "verrier", "vernier", "vérifiez". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vérifier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vérifier" is \ve.ʁi.fje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vérifier" come from?
"vérifier" 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 "vérifier", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list