# vandalism

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈvændəlɪzm̩/ · frequency rank #18,988

## Definitions
1. Willful 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.

## Common misspellings (14)
`avndalism`, `vadnalism`, `vanadlism`, `vandailsm`, `vandalims`, `vandalismm`, `vandalissm`, `vandallism`, `vandalsim`, `vanddalism`, `vandlaism`, `vanndalism`, `vnadalism`, `vvandalism`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/vandalism