vertige

/\vɛʁ.tiʒ\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,034

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

vertige is aFrenchnoun. It means: Tournoiement de tête, indisposition dans laquelle il semble que tout tourne. Pronounced \vɛʁ.tiʒ\. Often confused with vestige and voltige.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of vertige in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for vertige is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vɛʁ.tiʒ\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,034 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for vertige, with forms such as "evrtige", "veritge", and "verrtige". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is vertige, spelled V-E-R-T-I-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evrtige,veritge,verrtige,vertgie,vertieg,vertigge,verttige,vetrige,vretige,vvertige

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for vertige

Misspelling Variants of "vertige"

evrtige7veritge7verrtige8vertgie7vertieg7vertigge8verttige8vetrige7
Misspelling Variants of "vertige"

Frequency rank: #16,034 in French

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?
"vertige" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.