versatile

/\vɛʁ.sa.til\/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#48,254

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

versatile is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui est sujet à tourner, à changer. Pronounced \vɛʁ.sa.til\.

Key facts for versatile
PropertyValue
Headwordversatile
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\vɛʁ.sa.til\
Letters9
Frequency rank#48,254
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for versatile is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vɛʁ.sa.til\. Corpus data places it at rank #48,254 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for versatile, with forms such as "evrsatile", "verastile", and "verrsatile". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 versatile, spelled V-E-R-S-A-T-I-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est sujet à tourner, à changer.
  2. 2
    Qualifie le caractère d’une personne qui change facilement d’avis, qui est trop indécise.
  3. 3
    Pour des objets, qualifie l'adaptabilité à un grand nombre de situations ou d'usages, polyvalent.
  4. 4
    Dans l’armement, qualifie un vecteur capable d’effectuer plusieurs types de missions simultanément grâce à l’emport d’une grande variété d’équipements.
  5. 5
    Se dit d’une personne pouvant indistinctement être pénétrée ou pénétrer lors d’un rapport sexuel.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evrsatile,verastile,verrsatile,versaitle,versatiel,versatille,versatlie,versattile,verssatile,verstaile,vesratile,vresatile,vversatile

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for versatile

Misspelling Variants of "versatile"

evrsatile9verastile9verrsatile10versaitle9versatiel9versatille10versatlie9versattile10
Misspelling Variants of "versatile"

Frequency rank: #48,254 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "versatile"?
"versatile" is spelled V-E-R-S-A-T-I-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛʁ.sa.til\.
What does "versatile" mean?
As an adj, "versatile" means: Qui est sujet à tourner, à changer.
What are common misspellings of "versatile"?
Common misspellings include "evrsatile", "verastile", "verrsatile", "versaitle", "versatiel". The correct spelling is "versatile".
How do you pronounce "versatile"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "versatile" is \vɛʁ.sa.til\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "versatile" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.