vandalism
/ˈvændəlɪzm̩/
"vandalism" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vandalism” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #18,988. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,988
- frequency rank, English
- 7,391
- “V” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Willful damage to or destruction of any property, such as graffiti or defacement.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vandalism |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈvændəlɪzm̩/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #18,988 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vandalism” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around vandalism (IPA /ˈvændəlɪzm̩/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,988 among 7,391 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Willful damage to or destruction of any property, such as graffiti or defacement.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for vandalism, with forms such as "avndalism", "vadnalism", and "vanadlism". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French vandalisme, first used by Henri Grégoire to decry the pillage and destruction of art in the course of the French Revolution, in reference to the East Germanic tribe of the Vandals, which looted Rome in 455. By surface analysis, vandal +… The correct English form is vandalism, spelled V-A-N-D-A-L-I-S-M.
Definition
- 1Willful damage to or destruction of any property, such as graffiti or defacement.
Etymology
Borrowed from French vandalisme, first used by Henri Grégoire to decry the pillage and destruction of art in the course of the French Revolution, in reference to the East Germanic tribe of the Vandals, which looted Rome in 455. By surface analysis, vandal + -ism.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- avndalism
- vadnalism
- vanadlism
- vandailsm
- vandalims
- vandalismm
- vandalissm
- vandallism
- vandalsim
- vanddalism
- vandlaism
- vanndalism
- vnadalism
- vvandalism
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vandalism - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “vandalism”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is V-A-N-D-A-L-I-S-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈvændəlɪzm̩/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.