vagina

/vəˈdʒaɪ.nə/

//vəˈdʒaɪ.nə// noun

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"vagina" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“vagina” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,417. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,417
frequency rank, English
969
“V” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A sex organ leading from the vulval vestibule/urogenital sinus to the cervix of the uterus for copulation and birth in female therian mammals.

Corpus desk

Index EN-vagina · vagina · English

vagina · rank #9,417 · 8 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,417
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 969
  • PHOTO-FINISH unprecedented

Nearest frequency peer: unprecedented (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “vagina”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “vagina” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

vagina vs vain
67% similar
vagina vs varna
67% similar
vagina vs vaping
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for vagina
PropertyValue
Headwordvagina
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/vəˈdʒaɪ.nə/
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,417
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “vagina”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).vaginalands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “unprecedented” (#9,416), “verses” (#9,418), “twilight” (#9,415). Among 969 “V” headwords, “vagina” is #9,417. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around vagina (IPA /vəˈdʒaɪ.nə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,417 among 969 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for vagina, with forms such as "avgina", "vaggina", and "vagian". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "vain", "varna", "vaping", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wāgīnā Latin vāgīnalbor. English vagina Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna (“a sheath, scabbard; a covering, sheath, holder”). The correct English form is vagina, spelled V-A-G-I-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A sex organ leading from the vulval vestibule/urogenital sinus to the cervix of the uterus for copulation and birth in female therian mammals.
  2. 2
    A sex organ leading from the vulval vestibule/urogenital sinus to the cervix of the uterus for copulation and birth in female therian mammals.
  3. 3
    A sheathlike structure, such as the leaf of a grass that surrounds a stem.
  4. 4
    The vulva, or collectively, the vulva and the vaginal passage.
  5. 5
    A coward; a weakling; a pussy.
  6. 6
    The anus of a trans woman.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how vagina appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The epithelial lining of the vagina consists of many layers of flattened cells. Changes in the condition of these cells during the menstrual cycle can be detected by swabbing the lining and looking at the cells under a microscope.
  2. For quotations using this term, see Citations:vagina.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wāgīnā Latin vāgīnalbor. English vagina Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna (“a sheath, scabbard; a covering, sheath, holder”).

Synonyms

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This word in other languages

vagina(Español)vagin(Français)Scheide(Deutsch)vagina(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • avgina
  • vaggina
  • vagian
  • vaginna
  • vagnia
  • vaigna
  • vgaina
  • vvagina

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vagina - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

avgina2vaggina1vagian2vaginna1vagnia2vaigna2vgaina2vvagina1
Edit distance from "vagina"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vagina"?
"vagina" is spelled V-A-G-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is /vəˈdʒaɪ.nə/.
What does "vagina" mean?
As a noun, "vagina" means: A sex organ leading from the vulval vestibule/urogenital sinus to the cervix of the uterus for copulation and birth in female therian mammals.
What words are commonly confused with "vagina"?
"vagina" is commonly confused with "vain", "varna", "vaping". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vagina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vagina" is /vəˈdʒaɪ.nə/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "vagina"?
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wāgīnā Latin vāgīnalbor. English vagina Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna (“a sheath, scabbard; a covering, sheath, holder”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vagina", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

verses#9,418absorb#9,428accord#9,430tagged#9,404

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Tracy8 variantsyacht8 variantsscent8 variantsrooted8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list