virer

/\vi.ʁe\/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,715

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

virer is aFrenchverb. It means: Aller en tournant. Pronounced \vi.ʁe\. It ranks #5,715 in French word frequency. Often confused with vite and vive.

Key facts for virer
PropertyValue
Headwordvirer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\vi.ʁe\
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,715
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for virer is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vi.ʁe\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,715 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 16 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for virer, with forms such as "ivrer", "vierr", and "virerr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "vite", "vive", "visé", 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 virer, spelled V-I-R-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aller en tournant.
  2. 2
    Tourner d’un côté sur l’autre, de façon à prendre le vent par l’autre côté de la voile.
  3. 3
    Tirer sur un cordage, une chaine.
  4. 4
    Se mouvoir dans une autre direction.
  5. 5
    Donner le tournis.
  6. 6
    Faire tourner.
  7. 7
    (Poitevin-Saintongeais) Retourner.
  8. 8
    Devenir.
  9. 9
    Tourner, en parlant d'une affaire, d'une entreprise. → voir tourner
  10. 10
    Transporter un chiffre de recette ou de dépense d’un compte à un autre, d’un chapitre de budget à un autre.
  11. 11
    Tremper une épreuve dans une dissolution de sels d’or, de platine, etc., pour lui donner sa couleur et son intensité définitive.
  12. 12
    Se débarrasser de quelque chose, enlever cette chose d’un endroit.
  13. 13
    Expulser, chasser.
  14. 14
    Congédier, licencier, renvoyer, la plupart du temps sans ménagement.
  15. 15
    Jeter violemment quelque chose.
  16. 16
    Rouler.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ivrer,vierr,virerr,virre,virrer,vrier,vvirer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for virer

Misspelling Variants of "virer"

ivrer5vierr5virerr6virre5virrer6vrier5vvirer6
Misspelling Variants of "virer"

Frequency rank: #5,715 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "virer"?
"virer" is spelled V-I-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \vi.ʁe\.
What does "virer" mean?
As a verb, "virer" means: Aller en tournant.
What words are commonly confused with "virer"?
"virer" is commonly confused with "vite", "vive", "visé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "virer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "virer" is \vi.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "virer" come from?
"virer" 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.