Vegemite
/ˈve.d͡ʒiː.mɑɪt/
"vegemite" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Vegemite” is uncommon English (frequency #59,795 among 7,391 “V” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,795
- frequency rank, English
- 7,391
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An Australian food paste made from brewer's yeast.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vegemite |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈve.d͡ʒiː.mɑɪt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,795 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Vegemite” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Vegemite is uncommon English at frequency #59,795 among 7,391 “V” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈve.d͡ʒiː.mɑɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An Australian food paste made from brewer's yeast.".
Vegemite doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Named as a result of an Australian national competition. The name was chosen in part for its similarity to Marmite. The correct English form is Vegemite, spelled V-E-G-E-M-I-T-E.
Definition
- 1An Australian food paste made from brewer's yeast.
Etymology
Named as a result of an Australian national competition. The name was chosen in part for its similarity to Marmite.
This word in other languages
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 “Vegemite”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is V-E-G-E-M-I-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈve.d͡ʒiː.mɑɪt/ (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.