vertébré

\vɛʁ.te.bʁe\

/\vɛʁ.te.bʁe\/ adj

The verdict

“vertébré” is uncommon French (frequency #97,542 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,542
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est membre du taxon des vertébrés.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vertebre · vertébré · French

vertébré · rank #97,542 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #97,542
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH veules

Nearest frequency peer: veules (+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 « vertébré »

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 « vertébré » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vertébré
PropertyValue
Headwordvertébré
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\vɛʁ.te.bʁe\
Letters8
Frequency rank#97,542
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « vertébré » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).vertébrétombe 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: « veules » (#97,543), « venta » (#97,540), « volières » (#97,545). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vertébré » est au #97,542. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vertébré is uncommon French at frequency #97,542 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \vɛʁ.te.bʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est membre du taxon des vertébrés.".

vertébré doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is vertébré, spelled V-E-R-T-É-B-R-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est membre du taxon des vertébrés.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Dans le monde actuel se trouvent l’amphioxus, l’animal vertébré dont l’organisme est le plus imparfait, et les lamproies, qui occupent le dernier rang parmi les poissons.

Antonyms

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 "vertébré"?
"vertébré" is spelled V-E-R-T-É-B-R-É. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛʁ.te.bʁe\.
What does "vertébré" mean?
As an adjective, "vertébré" means: Qui est membre du taxon des vertébrés.
How do you pronounce "vertébré"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vertébré" is \vɛʁ.te.bʁe\. 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 "vertébré", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list