# vernacular

> English word · Noun · IPA /vəˈnækjələ/ · frequency rank #21,697

## Definitions
1. The language of a people or a national language.
2. Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.
3. Language unique to a particular group of people.
4. A language lacking standardization or a written form.
5. Indigenous spoken language, as distinct from a literary or liturgical language such as Ecclesiastical Latin.
6. A style of architecture involving local building materials and styles; not imported.

## Etymology
From Latin vernāculus (“domestic, indigenous, of or pertaining to home-born slaves”), from verna (“a native, a home-born slave (one born in his master's house)”).

## Common misspellings (15)
`evrnacular`, `venracular`, `verancular`, `vernaccular`, `vernacluar`, `vernacualr`, `vernacularr`, `vernacullar`, `vernaculra`, `vernauclar`, `verncaular`, `vernnacular`, `verrnacular`, `vrenacular`, `vvernacular`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/vernacular