vérifier

/\ve.ʁi.fje\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,156

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

vérifier is aFrenchverb. It means: Examiner, rechercher si une chose est vraie, si elle est telle qu’elle doit être ou qu’on l’a déclarée. Pronounced \ve.ʁi.fje\. It ranks #2,156 in French word frequency. Often confused with verrier and vernier.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for vérifier is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ve.ʁi.fje\. Corpus data places it at rank #2,156 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

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, 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 vérifier, spelled V-É-R-I-F-I-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: verifier,vréifier,vvérifier,véirfier,vérfiier,vérifeir,vériffier,vérifierr,vérifire,vériifer,vérrifier,évrifier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for vérifier

Misspelling Variants of "vérifier"

verifier8vréifier8vvérifier9véirfier8vérfiier8vérifeir8vériffier9vérifierr9
Misspelling Variants of "vérifier"

Frequency rank: #2,156 in French

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 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.