# viral vs Virgil

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### viral
*adjective · IPA /ˈvaɪɹəl/ · frequency rank #6,314*
Of or relating to a biological virus.

### Virgil
*name · IPA /ˈvɜːdʒɪl/ · frequency rank #16,825*
Pūblius Vergilius Marō (70–19 BCE), Roman epic writer from the Augustan period, best known for writing the Aeneid.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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