vertige

\vɛʁ.tiʒ\

/\vɛʁ.tiʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“vertige” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,034. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,034
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tournoiement de tête, indisposition dans laquelle il semble que tout tourne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vertige · vertige · French

vertige · rank #16,034 · 10 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,034
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH vedettes

Nearest frequency peer: vedettes (-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 « vertige »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « vertige » 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).

vertige vs vestige
86% similar
vertige vs voltige
71% similar
vertige vs vestiges
75% similar

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

Key facts for vertige
PropertyValue
Headwordvertige
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɛʁ.tiʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,034
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « vertige »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.vertigese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « vedettes » (#16,033), « vieillard » (#16,035), « trousse » (#16,032). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « vertige » est au #16,034. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around vertige (IPA \vɛʁ.tiʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,034 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for vertige, with forms such as "evrtige", "veritge", and "verrtige". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "vestige", "voltige", "vestiges", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 vertige, spelled V-E-R-T-I-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tournoiement de tête, indisposition dans laquelle il semble que tout tourne.
  2. 2
    Sensation intense et prenante du vide lorsqu'on est en hauteur et notamment que l'on surplombe directement le paysage sans garde-fou ; cette sensation est souvent associée à une peur panique de tomber, ou de se laisser aller comme si le vide pouvait nous happer.
  3. 3
    Propension à ce malaise.
  4. 4
    Égarement ; trouble d’esprit.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un beau jour, cependant, des symptômes caractéristiques d’un état nouveau, vomissements, vertiges et autres signes précurseurs d’un héritier prochain et d’un scandale qui ne l’était pas moins l’avaient contraint à se décider.
  2. Ma vie te suit si tu m’abandonnes et le vertige bat dans mes tempes.

Synonyms

bertige

This word in other languages

dizziness(English)vértigo(Español)Schwindel(Deutsch)vertigem(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evrtige
  • veritge
  • verrtige
  • vertgie
  • vertieg
  • vertigge
  • verttige
  • vetrige
  • vretige
  • vvertige

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vertige - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

evrtige2veritge2verrtige1vertgie2vertieg2vertigge1verttige1vetrige2
Edit distance from "vertige"

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 "vertige"?
"vertige" is spelled V-E-R-T-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛʁ.tiʒ\.
What does "vertige" mean?
As a noun, "vertige" means: Tournoiement de tête, indisposition dans laquelle il semble que tout tourne.
What words are commonly confused with "vertige"?
"vertige" is commonly confused with "vestige", "voltige", "vestiges". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vertige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vertige" is \vɛʁ.tiʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vertige" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

trousse#16,032tronçon#16,031trainer#16,029toscane#16,027

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

vedettes10 variantstablier10 variantsaccéléré10 variantsstressé10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list