versaine
The verdict
“versaine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jachère.
Corpus desk
Index FR-versaine · versaine · French
versaine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | versaine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « versaine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
versaine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jachère.".
No misspelling variants are generated for versaine in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is versaine, spelled V-E-R-S-A-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Jachère.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how versaine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
C'est l'assolement triennal bien connu, nécessairement complété par une rotation annuelle puisqu'une même saison produisait successivement la céréale d'automne (hivernois) et la céréale de printemps (marsage ou tramois), puis restait en jachère (versaine) jusqu'à la reprise du cycle.
[…]: toutes les terres cultivables du finage étant distribuées en trois saisons, alternativement destinées à la production du blé (wayn ou wayen), à celle de l'avoine et des graines de printemps (tramois), ou aux jachères (sommart, versaines), il était nécessaire que les contenances des parcelles fussent réparties aussi également que possible entre ces tr…
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.