versification

\vɛʁ.si.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\

/\vɛʁ.si.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“versification” is uncommon French (frequency #68,727 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,727
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Art de faire les vers ; manière de tourner les vers.

Corpus desk

Index FR-versification · versification · French

versification · rank #68,727 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,727
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH ventilés

Nearest frequency peer: ventilés (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « versification »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « versification » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for versification
PropertyValue
Headwordversification
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɛʁ.si.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#68,727
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « versification » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.versificationtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « ventilés » (#68,726), « victimaire » (#68,728), « vantée » (#68,724). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « versification » est au #68,727. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

versification is uncommon French at frequency #68,727 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \vɛʁ.si.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Art de faire les vers ; manière de tourner les vers.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for versification, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 versification, spelled V-E-R-S-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Art de faire les vers ; manière de tourner les vers.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Et de fait ce trait qui est particulier à la physionomie de notre versification est d'autant plus important que, notre langue ne comportant pas de syllabes longues et brèves aussi tranchées que le latin, par exemple, la clausule du vers risquerait de passer parfois inaperçue.
  2. Fixé relativement tardivement, utilisant un rythme bancal qu’on retrouvera dans le « swing », le blues dans les années 1910 acquiert la forme qu’on lui connaît aujourd’hui – 12 mesures et une versification de type AAB (deux interrogations répétées et une phrase conclusive) –, et se fonde notamment sur une gamme pentatonique qui intègre deux « blue notes »…

This word in other languages

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 "versification"?
"versification" is spelled V-E-R-S-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛʁ.si.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\.
What does "versification" mean?
As a noun, "versification" means: Art de faire les vers ; manière de tourner les vers.
How do you pronounce "versification"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "versification" is \vɛʁ.si.fi.ka.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list