ervil
/ˈɜː.vɪl/
"ervil" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ervil” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bitter vetch, blister vetch (Vicia ervilia).
Corpus desk
Index EN-ervil · ervil · English
ervil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ervil |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɜː.vɪl/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ervil” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ervil is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɜː.vɪl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bitter vetch, blister vetch (Vicia ervilia).".
No misspelling variants are generated for ervil in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin ervilia. The correct English form is ervil, spelled E-R-V-I-L.
Definition
- 1bitter vetch, blister vetch (Vicia ervilia).
Etymology
From Latin ervilia.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.