vérité

\ve.ʁi.te\

/\ve.ʁi.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“vérité” is in the everyday core of French, ranked #799 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#799
frequency rank, French
6
letters
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Caractère de ce qui est vrai, conformité d’un récit, d’une relation avec un fait, de ce que l’on dit avec ce que l’on pense.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

vérité vs vite
50% similar
vérité vs Vert
33% similar
vérité vs verre
33% similar

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

Key facts for vérité
PropertyValue
Headwordvérité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ve.ʁi.te\
Letters6
Frequency rank#799
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “vérité” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). vérité lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for vérité is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ve.ʁi.te\. Corpus data places it at rank #799 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for vérité, with forms such as "verite", "vréité", and "vvérité". 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, "vite", "Vert", "verre", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is vérité, spelled V-É-R-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caractère de ce qui est vrai, conformité d’un récit, d’une relation avec un fait, de ce que l’on dit avec ce que l’on pense.
  2. 2
    Ce qui est vrai de façon immuable et de toute éternité.
  3. 3
    Ce qui est accepté comme étant vrai par un consensus général.
  4. 4
    Conformité de l’idée avec son objet, par opposition à erreur.
  5. 5
    Personnification de cette vérité.
  6. 6
    Axiome, principe certain, maxime constante.
  7. 7
    Sincérité ; bonne foi.
  8. 8
    Imitation, expression fidèle de la nature.
  9. 9
    Caractère profond et authentique d’une personne.

Antonyms

faussetémensonge

This word in other languages

truth(English)verdad(Español)Wahrheit(Deutsch)verdade(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: verite,vréité,vvérité,véirté,véritté,vériét,vérrité,vértié,évrité

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

verite2vréité2vvérité1véirté2véritté1vériét2vérrité1vértié2
Edit distance from "vérité"

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 "vérité"?
"vérité" is spelled V-É-R-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ve.ʁi.te\.
What does "vérité" mean?
As a noun, "vérité" means: Caractère de ce qui est vrai, conformité d’un récit, d’une relation avec un fait, de ce que l’on dit avec ce que l’on pense.
What words are commonly confused with "vérité"?
"vérité" is commonly confused with "vite", "Vert", "verre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vérité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vérité" is \ve.ʁi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vérité" come from?
"vérité" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “vérité”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is V-É-R-I-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ve.ʁi.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “vite” - see the side-by-side comparison. vérité vs vite
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list