veggie
/ˈvɛd͡ʒi/
"veggie" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“veggie” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #20,809. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,809
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - A vegetable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-veggie · veggie · English
veggie · rank #20,809 · 6 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #20,809
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH Uri
Nearest frequency peer: Uri (-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 “veggie”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- unprofessio…
unprofessional
79,195 corpus weight
- Urdu
Urdu
79,194 corpus weight
- Uri
Uri
79,193 corpus weight
- veggie
veggie
79,192 corpus weight
- veiled
veiled
79,191 corpus weight
- visceral
visceral
79,190 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “veggie” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | veggie |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈvɛd͡ʒi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #20,809 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “veggie” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around veggie (IPA /ˈvɛd͡ʒi/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,809 among 969 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for veggie, with forms such as "evggie", "veggei", and "vegie". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "verge", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Clipping of vegetable and/or vegetarian + -ie. The correct English form is veggie, spelled V-E-G-G-I-E.
Definition
- 1A vegetable.
- 2A vegetarian.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how veggie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There was lots of rice, at least 20 different "veggies" and all kinds of soups.
and eight small dishes of 'veggies,' as we have taught our children lovingly to term that important item of food known as vegetables.
Etymology
Clipping of vegetable and/or vegetarian + -ie.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evggie
- veggei
- vegie
- vegige
- vgegie
- vveggie
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of veggie - 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.
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 September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "veggie", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
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.