versatile
\vɛʁ.sa.til\
The verdict
“versatile” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #48,254 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #48,254
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui est sujet à tourner, à changer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | versatile |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \vɛʁ.sa.til\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #48,254 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “versatile” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for versatile is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, 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 generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for versatile, with forms such as "evrsatile", "verastile", and "verrsatile". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is versatile, spelled V-E-R-S-A-T-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est sujet à tourner, à changer.
- 2Qualifie le caractère d’une personne qui change facilement d’avis, qui est trop indécise.
- 3Pour des objets, qualifie l'adaptabilité à un grand nombre de situations ou d'usages, polyvalent.
- 4Dans l’armement, qualifie un vecteur capable d’effectuer plusieurs types de missions simultanément grâce à l’emport d’une grande variété d’équipements.
- 5Se dit d’une personne pouvant indistinctement être pénétrée ou pénétrer lors d’un rapport sexuel.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: evrsatile,verastile,verrsatile,versaitle,versatiel,versatille,versatlie,versattile,verssatile,verstaile,vesratile,vresatile,vversatile
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of versatile - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “versatile”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is V-E-R-S-A-T-I-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \vɛʁ.sa.til\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.