spirit of vitriol
"spirit-of-vitriol" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“spirit of vitriol” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sulfuric acid
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | spirit of vitriol |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “spirit of vitriol” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
spirit of vitriol is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sulfuric acid".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for spirit of vitriol, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Formerly obtained by the distillation of green vitriol. The correct English form is spirit of vitriol, spelled S-P-I-R-I-T- -O-F- -V-I-T-R-I-O-L.
Definition
- 1sulfuric acid
Etymology
Formerly obtained by the distillation of green vitriol.
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.
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- The one correct English spelling is S-P-I-R-I-T- -O-F- -V-I-T-R-I-O-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.