verveine

\vɛʁ.vɛn\

/\vɛʁ.vɛn\/ noun

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The verdict

“verveine” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,255. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,255
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plante de la famille des Verbénacées, du genre Verbena (ou Aloysia dans le cas de la verveine citronnelle), et en particulier la verveine officinale, qui sert à faire des infusions.

Corpus desk

Index FR-verveine · verveine · French

verveine · rank #48,255 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,255
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH versatile

Nearest frequency peer: versatile (-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 « verveine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « verveine » 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).

verveine vs vermine
75% similar
verveine vs Verlaine
63% similar

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

Key facts for verveine
PropertyValue
Headwordverveine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\vɛʁ.vɛn\
Letters8
Frequency rank#48,255
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « verveine »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).verveinese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « versatile » (#48,254), « Viau » (#48,256), « vermillon » (#48,253). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « verveine » est au #48,255. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around verveine (IPA \vɛʁ.vɛn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,255 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for verveine, with forms such as "evrveine", "verevine", and "verrveine". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "vermine", "Verlaine", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is verveine, spelled V-E-R-V-E-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plante de la famille des Verbénacées, du genre Verbena (ou Aloysia dans le cas de la verveine citronnelle), et en particulier la verveine officinale, qui sert à faire des infusions.
  2. 2
    Infusion de verveine officinale, utilisée comme boisson. Portion de cette boisson pour une personne.
  3. 3
    Parfum extrait de cette plante.
  4. 4
    Liqueur originaire du Puy-en-Velay.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ici de la verveine en fleur… là, trois brins de sauge cueillis à minuit dans le cimetière de ceux qui sont morts par l’épée.
  2. Le vase où meurt cette verveine D’un coup d’éventail fut fêlé ; Le coup dut effleurer à peine : Aucun bruit ne l’a révélé.

This word in other languages

vervain(English)verbena(Español)Verbenen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evrveine
  • verevine
  • verrveine
  • verveien
  • verveinne
  • vervenie
  • verviene
  • vervveine
  • vevreine
  • vreveine
  • vverveine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of verveine - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

evrveine2verevine2verrveine1verveien2verveinne1vervenie2verviene2vervveine1
Edit distance from "verveine"

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 "verveine"?
"verveine" is spelled V-E-R-V-E-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \vɛʁ.vɛn\.
What does "verveine" mean?
As a noun, "verveine" means: Plante de la famille des Verbénacées, du genre Verbena (ou Aloysia dans le cas de la verveine citronnelle), et en particulier la verveine officinale, qui sert à faire des infusions.
What words are commonly confused with "verveine"?
"verveine" is commonly confused with "vermine", "Verlaine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "verveine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verveine" is \vɛʁ.vɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verveine" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Weinberg#48,264whatever#48,267élancent#48,279Tiphaine#48,230

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Walther11 variantsTrévise11 variantstraçant11 variantséradiqué11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list