viburnum
/vɪˈbɜː(ɹ)nəm/
"viburnum" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“viburnum” is uncommon English (frequency #91,123 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,123
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of many shrubs and trees, of the genus Viburnum, native to the Northern Hemisphere that have showy clusters of flowers.
Corpus desk
Index EN-viburnum · viburnum · English
viburnum · rank #91,123 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,123
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH Vian
Nearest frequency peer: Vian (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “viburnum”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Valentinian
Valentinian
8,885 corpus weight
- vasodilation
vasodilation
8,883 corpus weight
- vermiculite
vermiculite
8,880 corpus weight
- Vian
Vian
8,879 corpus weight
- viburnum
viburnum
8,878 corpus weight
- viridian
viridian
8,875 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “viburnum” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | viburnum |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /vɪˈbɜː(ɹ)nəm/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #91,123 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “viburnum” in English
Rare enough to double-check
viburnum is uncommon English at frequency #91,123 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /vɪˈbɜː(ɹ)nəm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of many shrubs and trees, of the genus Viburnum, native to the Northern Hemisphere that have showy clusters of flowers.".
Zero misspellings are on record for viburnum in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin vīburnum. The correct English form is viburnum, spelled V-I-B-U-R-N-U-M.
Definition
- 1Any of many shrubs and trees, of the genus Viburnum, native to the Northern Hemisphere that have showy clusters of flowers.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how viburnum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Thus he diſcovered two or three kinds of oaks, a few viburna, and ſome trees of the maple genus, with a wild ſort of Japaneſe pear.
Adowa moschatellina. — Although it quite differs from the elder-trees, viburna and honey-suckles as far as the general appearance is concerned, says Siclain, it occurs in the neighbourhood of these plants.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vīburnum.
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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