verser

/\vɛʁ.se\/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,043

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

verser is aFrenchverb. It means: Faire couler. Pronounced \vɛʁ.se\. It ranks #6,043 in French word frequency. Often confused with verte and virer.

Key facts for verser
PropertyValue
Headwordverser
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\vɛʁ.se\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,043
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for verser is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vɛʁ.se\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,043 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for verser, with forms such as "evrser", "veresr", and "verrser". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "verte", "virer", "viser", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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

Definition

  1. 1
    Faire couler.
  2. 2
    (Alpes) Faire tomber, mettre à l’envers ou de côté ; retourner.
  3. 3
    Faire coucher au sol, en parlant des moissons sur pied, se coucher sous la pluie ou le vent, en parlant des moissons sur pied.
  4. 4
    Chavirer.
  5. 5
    Apporter à une caisse, venir déposer, en parlant des espèces d’or et d’argent, des sommes, des fonds.
  6. 6
    Apporter un élément nouveau.
  7. 7
    Payer.
  8. 8
    Parler de manière péjorative de quelqu'un ; déverser ses sentiments les plus vils.
  9. 9
    Tomber, donner dans.
  10. 10
    S’attacher à une doctrine, à un dogme, à une science, à un art.
  11. 11
    Faire passer d’un corps dans un autre, en parlant d’hommes de troupe.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evrser,veresr,verrser,verserr,versre,versser,vesrer,vreser,vverser

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for verser

Misspelling Variants of "verser"

evrser6veresr6verrser7verserr7versre6versser7vesrer6vreser6
Misspelling Variants of "verser"

Frequency rank: #6,043 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verser"?
"verser" is spelled V-E-R-S-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛʁ.se\.
What does "verser" mean?
As a verb, "verser" means: Faire couler.
What words are commonly confused with "verser"?
"verser" is commonly confused with "verte", "virer", "viser". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "verser"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verser" is \vɛʁ.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verser" come from?
"verser" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.