verspillen

verb

The verdict

“verspillen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gaspiller, dissiper, dilapider.

Corpus desk

Index FR-verspillen · verspillen · French

verspillen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "V" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for verspillen
PropertyValue
Headwordverspillen
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « verspillen » en français

verspillenreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verspillen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gaspiller, dissiper, dilapider.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for verspillen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is verspillen, spelled V-E-R-S-P-I-L-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gaspiller, dissiper, dilapider.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. zijn woorden verspillen : gaspiller sa salive.
  2. zijn tijd verspillen : perdre son temps.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verspillen"?
"verspillen" is spelled V-E-R-S-P-I-L-L-E-N.
What does "verspillen" mean?
As a verb, "verspillen" means: Gaspiller, dissiper, dilapider.
What language does "verspillen" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list