verstandig

adj

The verdict

“verstandig” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Raisonnable, sage, sensé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-verstandig · verstandig · French

verstandig · 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 verstandig
PropertyValue
Headwordverstandig
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « verstandig » en français

verstandigreste 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

verstandig is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for verstandig, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is verstandig, spelled V-E-R-S-T-A-N-D-I-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Raisonnable, sage, sensé.
  2. 2
    Prudent, raisonnable, sage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Een verstandig meisje.
  2. Een verstandig plan

Synonyms

redelijkwijszinnigbedachtzaamevenwichtigintelligentnuchteroordeelkundig

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 "verstandig"?
"verstandig" is spelled V-E-R-S-T-A-N-D-I-G.
What does "verstandig" mean?
As an adjective, "verstandig" means: Raisonnable, sage, sensé.
What language does "verstandig" come from?
"verstandig" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list