versa
\vɛʁ.sa\
The verdict
“versa” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,883. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,883
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de verser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-versa · versa · French
versa · rank #12,883 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,883
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH verrai
Nearest frequency peer: verrai (-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 « versa »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- trembler
trembler
87,121 corpus weight
- trésorier
trésorier
87,120 corpus weight
- verrai
verrai
87,119 corpus weight
- versa
versa
87,118 corpus weight
- vocale
vocale
87,117 corpus weight
- votée
votée
87,116 corpus weight
What this shows « versa » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | versa |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \vɛʁ.sa\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #12,883 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « versa »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around versa (IPA \vɛʁ.sa\), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,883 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de verser.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for versa, with forms such as "evrsa", "verssa", and "vesra". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ves", "Vert", "visa", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is versa, spelled V-E-R-S-A.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de verser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how versa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il les nourrit d’un pilaf et leur versa un vin d’orange qui engourdit, empâte la langue, qui vous fait voir tout en jaune et en brumes.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evrsa
- verssa
- vesra
- vresa
- vversa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of versa - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "versa", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).