Which to use
“verbes” and “vérités” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,935
- “verbes” frequency rank
- #9,414
- “vérités” frequency rank
- 23349
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verbes | vérités |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de verbe. | Pluriel de vérité. |
Where the eye mixes verbes and vérités
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. verbes runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against vérités's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between verbes and vérités
A purely visual mix-up. verbes (\vɛʁb\) and vérités (\ve.ʁi.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23349, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verbes is recorded at frequency rank #13,935, classified as anoun, pronounced \vɛʁb\. vérités is at rank #9,414, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ve.ʁi.te\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 23349, this pair ranks #353,020 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of verbes vs vérités
Shared letters: rsv. Private to "verbes": be. Private to "vérités": ité.
"verbes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "vérités" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- verbes ← evrbes · vebres · verbbes · verbess · verbse · verebs · verrbes · vrebes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "verbes" and "vérités" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "verbes" or "vérités"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "verbes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vérités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #353,020 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "verbes" and "vérités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "verbes vs virées". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #353,020 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.