vibrio
"vibrio" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vibrio” is uncommon English (frequency #72,877 among 7,391 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,877
- frequency rank, English
- 7,391
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of several bacteria, of the genus Vibrio, shaped like a curved rod.
Corpus desk
Index EN-vibrio · vibrio · English
vibrio · rank #72,877 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,877
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,391
- PHOTO-FINISH Villar
Nearest frequency peer: Villar (+1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “vibrio”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- vehemence
vehemence
27,127 corpus weight
- VESA
VESA
27,126 corpus weight
- vibrio
vibrio
27,124 corpus weight
- Villar
Villar
27,123 corpus weight
- viscerally
viscerally
27,122 corpus weight
- Vitus
Vitus
27,121 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “vibrio” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vibrio |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #72,877 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vibrio” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
vibrio is uncommon English at frequency #72,877 among 7,391 “V” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of several bacteria, of the genus Vibrio, shaped like a curved rod.".
vibrio doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the genus name. The correct English form is vibrio, spelled V-I-B-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1Any of several bacteria, of the genus Vibrio, shaped like a curved rod.
Etymology
From the genus name.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vibrio", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.