vegetarian

/vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/

//vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən// noun

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

The verdict

“vegetarian” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,982. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,982
frequency rank, English
969
“V” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, use any animal products.

Corpus desk

Index EN-vegetarian · vegetarian · English

vegetarian · rank #9,982 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,982
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 969
  • PHOTO-FINISH variant

Nearest frequency peer: variant (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “vegetarian”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “vegetarian” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

vegetarian vs vegetation
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for vegetarian
PropertyValue
Headwordvegetarian
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/
Letters10
Frequency rank#9,982
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “vegetarian”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).vegetarianlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “variant” (#9,981), “Vernon” (#9,983), “Valentine's” (#9,980). Among 969 “V” headwords, “vegetarian” is #9,982. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around vegetarian (IPA /vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,982 among 969 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for vegetarian, with forms such as "evgetarian", "veegtarian", and "vegeatrian". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "vegetation", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From vegetable + -arian; popularized following 1847 foundation of British Vegetarian Society. The correct English form is vegetarian, spelled V-E-G-E-T-A-R-I-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, use any animal products.
  2. 2
    An animal that eats only plants; a herbivore.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. "The sight and smell of raw meat are especially odious to me, and I have often thought that if I had had to be my own cook, I should inevitably become a vegetarian, probably, indeed, return entirely to my green and salad days."
  2. Vegetarian Society […] A society […] formed at Manchester in 1847, to promote the use of cereals, pulse, and fruit, as articles of diet; and to induce habits of abstinence from fish, flesh, and fowl, as food.

Etymology

From vegetable + -arian; popularized following 1847 foundation of British Vegetarian Society.

This word in other languages

vegetariano(Español)végétarien(Français)Vegetarier(Deutsch)vegetariano(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evgetarian
  • veegtarian
  • vegeatrian
  • vegetairan
  • vegetarain
  • vegetariann
  • vegetarina
  • vegetarrian
  • vegetraian
  • vegettarian
  • veggetarian
  • vegtearian
  • vgeetarian
  • vvegetarian

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vegetarian - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

evgetarian2veegtarian2vegeatrian2vegetairan2vegetarain2vegetariann1vegetarina2vegetarrian1
Edit distance from "vegetarian"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vegetarian"?
"vegetarian" is spelled V-E-G-E-T-A-R-I-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is /vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/.
What does "vegetarian" mean?
As a noun, "vegetarian" means: A person who does not eat animal flesh, or, in some cases, use any animal products.
What words are commonly confused with "vegetarian"?
"vegetarian" is commonly confused with "vegetation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vegetarian"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vegetarian" is /vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "vegetarian"?
From vegetable + -arian; popularized following 1847 foundation of British Vegetarian Society. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vegetarian", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

analytics14 variantsCardinals14 variantsprevalent14 variantsprecedent14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list