# Virgil vs virgin

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### 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.

### virgin
*noun · IPA /ˈvɜːd͡ʒɪn/ · frequency rank #3,992*
A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or (uncommonly) an animal that has never mated.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/virgil-vs-virgin