# vial

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈvaɪəl/ · frequency rank #25,635

## Definitions
1. A glass or plastic vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals.

## Etymology
From Middle English vial, viole, a variant of fiole, phiole, phial (“small bowl or cup for liquids, etc.; flask”) [and other forms]: see further at phial. Doublet of phiale.

## Easily confused with
- **vol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vial-vs-vol)
- **Vic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vial-vs-vic)
- **VIP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vial-vs-vip)
- **vis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vial-vs-vis)
- **vid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vial-vs-vid)
- **vie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vial-vs-vie)
- **Viv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vial-vs-viv)
- **vim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vial-vs-vim)
- **Vit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vial-vs-vit)
- **VIX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vial-vs-vix)
- **view** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vial-vs-view)
- **vice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vial-vs-vice)
- **visa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vial-vs-visa)
- **vibe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vial-vs-vibe)
- **vine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vial-vs-vine)
- **vile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vial-vs-vile)
- **vita** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vial-vs-vita)
- **viva** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vial-vs-viva)
- **Vlad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vial-vs-vlad)
- **Viet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vial-vs-viet)

## Common misspellings (3)
`ival`, `viall`, `vvial`

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