vagus
/ˈveɪ.ɡəs/
"vagus" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vagus” is uncommon English (frequency #60,549 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,549
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A homeless person or vagrant.
Corpus desk
Index EN-vagus · vagus · English
vagus · rank #60,549 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,549
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH Valdosta
Nearest frequency peer: Valdosta (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “vagus”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- unwisely
unwisely
39,456 corpus weight
- upwind
upwind
39,455 corpus weight
- urethral
urethral
39,454 corpus weight
- vagus
vagus
39,452 corpus weight
- Valdosta
Valdosta
39,451 corpus weight
- Visalia
Visalia
39,448 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “vagus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vagus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈveɪ.ɡəs/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #60,549 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “vagus” in English
Rare enough to double-check
vagus is uncommon English at frequency #60,549 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈveɪ.ɡəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for vagus, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowing from Latin vagus (“wandering, rambling, strolling”). The correct English form is vagus, spelled V-A-G-U-S.
Definition
- 1A homeless person or vagrant.
- 2Ellipsis of vagus nerve.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vagus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Though not referred in the Code as a domicile of origin, a child's place of origin is fixed by the place where his father had his domicile or, in defect of domicile, his quasi-domicile when the child was born, or where the mother had hers if the child was illegitimate or posthumous; if the parents were vagi it is the place where the child was born; if the…
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin vagus (“wandering, rambling, strolling”).
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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