verdolaga

noun

"verdolaga" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“verdolaga” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Portulaca oleracea, common purslane.

Corpus desk

Index EN-verdolaga · verdolaga · English

verdolaga · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "V" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for verdolaga
PropertyValue
Headwordverdolaga
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “verdolaga” in English

verdolagasits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verdolaga is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Portulaca oleracea, common purslane.".

Zero misspellings are on record for verdolaga in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish verdolaga. The correct English form is verdolaga, spelled V-E-R-D-O-L-A-G-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Portulaca oleracea, common purslane.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish verdolaga.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verdolaga"?
"verdolaga" is spelled V-E-R-D-O-L-A-G-A.
What does "verdolaga" mean?
As a noun, "verdolaga" means: Portulaca oleracea, common purslane.
What is the origin of the word "verdolaga"?
Borrowed from Spanish verdolaga. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list