vegetal
/ˈvɛd͡ʒɨtl̩/
"vegetal" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vegetal” is uncommon English (frequency #68,736 among 7,391 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,736
- frequency rank, English
- 7,391
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Capable of growth and reproduction, but not feeling or reason (often opposed to sensible and rational).
Corpus desk
Index EN-vegetal · vegetal · English
vegetal · rank #68,736 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,736
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,391
- PHOTO-FINISH vasculature
Nearest frequency peer: vasculature (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “vegetal”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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31,266 corpus weight
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31,265 corpus weight
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31,264 corpus weight
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31,263 corpus weight
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31,262 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “vegetal” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vegetal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈvɛd͡ʒɨtl̩/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,736 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vegetal” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
vegetal is uncommon English at frequency #68,736 among 7,391 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈvɛd͡ʒɨtl̩/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for vegetal in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin vegetālis, from Latin vegetō. The correct English form is vegetal, spelled V-E-G-E-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1Capable of growth and reproduction, but not feeling or reason (often opposed to sensible and rational).
- 2Pertaining to vegetables or plants.
- 3Having a grassy, herbaceous taste.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin vegetālis, from Latin vegetō.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.