vespertine
/ˈvɛspɚtɪn/
"vespertine" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vespertine” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or related to the evening; that occurs in the evening.
Corpus desk
Index EN-vespertine · vespertine · English
vespertine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vespertine |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈvɛspɚtɪn/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “vespertine” in English
Rare enough to double-check
vespertine is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈvɛspɚtɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for vespertine in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English vespertyne, from Latin vespertīnus (“evening”). The correct English form is vespertine, spelled V-E-S-P-E-R-T-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Of or related to the evening; that occurs in the evening.
- 2That sets after the sun.
- 3That is principally active at dusk.
- 4Occurring in the evening.
- 5That opens or blooms in the evening.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vespertine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1837, William Evans Burton (editor), Philadelphia in the Dog Days: An Incoherency, Burton's Gentleman's Magazine and American Monthly Review, Volume 1: July—December, page 131, The peripatetics issue forth to indulge in the usual vespertine locomotion; and stroll gently down the aristocratic Chesnut and up the sedate and solid-seeming Mulberry, or vice ve…
Sovereign, majestic peace, joined to the spiritual isolation of the vespertine hour, rose up from those diaphanous, remote distances into the pure sky, where light little clouds, very much like bundles of cotton, scattered sparsely here and there, were tinged with gold.
Etymology
From Middle English vespertyne, from Latin vespertīnus (“evening”).
This word in other languages
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.