verset

\vɛʁ.sɛ\

/\vɛʁ.sɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“verset” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,171. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,171
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite division d’un écrit religieux, formant le plus souvent un sens complet.

Corpus desk

Index FR-verset · verset · French

verset · rank #14,171 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,171
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH versées

Nearest frequency peer: versées (+1 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 « verset »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « verset » 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).

verset vs Vert
50% similar
verset vs verte
67% similar
verset vs verso
67% similar

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

Key facts for verset
PropertyValue
Headwordverset
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɛʁ.sɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#14,171
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « verset »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).versetse 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 « versées » (#14,172), « Téhéran » (#14,169), « violée » (#14,173). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « verset » est au #14,171. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around verset (IPA \vɛʁ.sɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,171 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for verset, with forms such as "evrset", "verest", and "verrset". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Vert", "verte", "verso", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is verset, spelled V-E-R-S-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petite division d’un écrit religieux, formant le plus souvent un sens complet.
  2. 2
    Paroles tirées ordinairement de l’Écriture, qu’on dit, qu’on chante dans l’office de l’Église.
  3. 3
    Division analogue dans un autre ouvrage.
  4. 4
    Signe d’imprimerie qui sert à marquer les versets et qui a la forme d’un V barré : ℣.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un enfant commençait le verset d’un psaume dans un ton aigu.
  2. Il est vrai, le muezzin ne lance plus quelque sonore verset du Koran à l’heure de la prière.

This word in other languages

verse(English)versículo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evrset
  • verest
  • verrset
  • versett
  • versset
  • verste
  • vesret
  • vreset
  • vverset

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verset - 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.

evrset2verest2verrset1versett1versset1verste2vesret2vreset2
Edit distance from "verset"

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 "verset"?
"verset" is spelled V-E-R-S-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛʁ.sɛ\.
What does "verset" mean?
As a noun, "verset" means: Petite division d’un écrit religieux, formant le plus souvent un sens complet.
What words are commonly confused with "verset"?
"verset" is commonly confused with "Vert", "verte", "verso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "verset"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verset" is \vɛʁ.sɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verset" come from?
"verset" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

violée#14,173visait#14,174voulue#14,177sourds#14,157

Similar misspelling depth

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

appuient9 variantsBalzac9 variantsraciale9 variantscerner9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list