verveine

/\vɛʁ.vɛn\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#48,255

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

verveine is aFrenchnoun. It 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. Pronounced \vɛʁ.vɛn\. Often confused with vermine and Verlaine.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for verveine is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vɛʁ.vɛn\. Corpus data places it at rank #48,255 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 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for verveine, with forms such as "evrveine", "verevine", and "verrveine". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "vermine", "Verlaine", 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 verveine, spelled V-E-R-V-E-I-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evrveine,verevine,verrveine,verveien,verveinne,vervenie,verviene,vervveine,vevreine,vreveine,vverveine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for verveine

Misspelling Variants of "verveine"

evrveine8verevine8verrveine9verveien8verveinne9vervenie8verviene8vervveine9
Misspelling Variants of "verveine"

Frequency rank: #48,255 in French

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?
"verveine" 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.