Verseau

\vɛʁ.so\

/\vɛʁ.so\/ name

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The verdict

“Verseau” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,643. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,643
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Constellation du ciel austral, bordée par Pégase, le Petit Cheval, le Dauphin, l’Aigle, le Capricorne, le Poisson austral, le Sculpteur, la Baleine et les Poissons, traversée par le Soleil du 16 fé...

Corpus desk

Index FR-verseau · Verseau · French

Verseau · rank #36,643 · 9 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,643
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH verdâtre

Nearest frequency peer: verdâtre (-2 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 « Verseau »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Verseau » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Verseau vs verser
57% similar
Verseau vs verset
57% similar
Verseau vs versés
43% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Verseau
PropertyValue
HeadwordVerseau
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\vɛʁ.so\
Letters7
Frequency rank#36,643
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Verseau »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Verseause place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « verdâtre » (#36,641), « Vesoul » (#36,645), « variance » (#36,640). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « Verseau » est au #36,643. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Verseau (IPA \vɛʁ.so\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #36,643 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Verseau, with forms such as "evrseau", "veresau", and "verrseau". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "verser", "verset", "versés", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Verseau, spelled V-E-R-S-E-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Constellation du ciel austral, bordée par Pégase, le Petit Cheval, le Dauphin, l’Aigle, le Capricorne, le Poisson austral, le Sculpteur, la Baleine et les Poissons, traversée par le Soleil du 16 février au 11 mars environ.
  2. 2
    Signe zodiacal, traditionnellement associé à la période entre le 21 janvier et le 19 février de chaque année.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le 23 mars, pour la première fois depuis deux cent quarante-huit ans, Pluton, la planète la plus lente et éloignée du système solaire, est entrée dans la constellation du Verseau après quinze ans passés en Capricorne.

This word in other languages

Aquarius(English)Acuario(Español)Wassermann(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evrseau
  • veresau
  • verrseau
  • versaeu
  • verseua
  • versseau
  • vesreau
  • vreseau
  • vverseau

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Verseau - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

evrseau2veresau2verrseau1versaeu2verseua2versseau1vesreau2vreseau2
Edit distance from "Verseau"

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 "Verseau"?
"Verseau" is spelled V-E-R-S-E-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛʁ.so\.
What does "Verseau" mean?
As a proper noun, "Verseau" means: Constellation du ciel austral, bordée par Pégase, le Petit Cheval, le Dauphin, l’Aigle, le Capricorne, le Poisson austral, le Sculpteur, la Baleine et les Poissons, traversée par le Soleil du 16 fé...
What words are commonly confused with "Verseau"?
"Verseau" is commonly confused with "verser", "verset", "versés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Verseau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Verseau" is \vɛʁ.so\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Verseau" come from?
"Verseau" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vaginal#36,639Villard#36,649violant#36,650voyagez#36,653

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

veston9 variantsvident9 variantsviolés9 variantswilder9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list