vaccinium
"vaccinium" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vaccinium” is uncommon English (frequency #98,857 among 7,391 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,857
- frequency rank, English
- 7,391
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of the genus Vaccinium of ericaceous shrubs including the various kinds of blueberries and the true cranberries.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vaccinium |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #98,857 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vaccinium” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
vaccinium is uncommon English at frequency #98,857 among 7,391 “V” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of the genus Vaccinium of ericaceous shrubs including the various kinds of blueberries and the true cranberries.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vaccinium, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from translingual Vaccinium, itself borrowed from Latin vaccīnium. The correct English form is vaccinium, spelled V-A-C-C-I-N-I-U-M.
Definition
- 1Any of the genus Vaccinium of ericaceous shrubs including the various kinds of blueberries and the true cranberries.
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Vaccinium, itself borrowed from Latin vaccīnium.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “vaccinium”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is V-A-C-C-I-N-I-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
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.