verrat

\vɛ.ʁa\

/\vɛ.ʁa\/ noun

The verdict

“verrat” is uncommon French (frequency #95,444 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,444
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Porc qui n’est pas châtré, employé pour la reproduction.

Corpus desk

Index FR-verrat · verrat · French

verrat · rank #95,444 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,444
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vermifuge

Nearest frequency peer: vermifuge (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « verrat »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « verrat » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verrat
PropertyValue
Headwordverrat
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɛ.ʁa\
Letters6
Frequency rank#95,444
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « verrat » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).verrattombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « vermifuge » (#95,443), « verrions » (#95,445), « verbo » (#95,442). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « verrat » est au #95,444. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verrat is uncommon French at frequency #95,444 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \vɛ.ʁa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for verrat in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 verrat, spelled V-E-R-R-A-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Porc qui n’est pas châtré, employé pour la reproduction.
  2. 2
    Expression qui sert à ponctuer le discours.
  3. 3
    Considération plus ou moins injurieuse envers une personne.
  4. 4
    Être en beau verrat : Être en grande colère.
  5. 5
    Voir sanglier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il est immense. Gros comme un porc, un verrat.
  2. Verrat : porc qui vivra, au contraire de ses congénères destinés à l’abattoir.

This word in other languages

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 "verrat"?
"verrat" is spelled V-E-R-R-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛ.ʁa\.
What does "verrat" mean?
As a noun, "verrat" means: Porc qui n’est pas châtré, employé pour la reproduction.
How do you pronounce "verrat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verrat" is \vɛ.ʁa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verrat" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "verrat", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list