vermillion
noun, adjective
vermillion is a noun meaning “Alternative spelling of vermilion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-E-R-M-I-L-L-I-O-N and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 3 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of vermillion is vermillions.
What does vermillion mean?
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of vermilion.
adjective
- 1
Alternative spelling of vermilion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce vermillion?
- US
Vermillion has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Qwertygiy-vermillion.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of vermillion
- vermillions plural
- more vermillion comparative
- most vermillion superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vermillion?
Vermillion appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).