vampirette

noun

"vampirette" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“vampirette” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female vampire.

Corpus desk

Index EN-vampirette · vampirette · English

vampirette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "V" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for vampirette
PropertyValue
Headwordvampirette
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “vampirette” in English

vampirettesits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vampirette is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female vampire.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vampirette, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From vampire + -ette. The correct English form is vampirette, spelled V-A-M-P-I-R-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A female vampire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The bond with the dead, at once sister and young bride, may give us another perspective on the same-sex eroticism that, all agree, this male writer imagines and creates between the vampirette and her victim.
  2. There will be no stores open at midnight for the latest Pinkwater, no nerd swarms, girl gaggles or nerd-girl swaggles, cloaked as wizards or vampirettes, whining at the doors, demanding completion.

Etymology

From vampire + -ette.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vampirette"?
"vampirette" is spelled V-A-M-P-I-R-E-T-T-E.
What does "vampirette" mean?
As a noun, "vampirette" means: A female vampire.
What is the origin of the word "vampirette"?
From vampire + -ette. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list