vice president

noun

"vice-president" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“vice president” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A deputy to a president, often empowered to assume the position of president on their death or absence.

Corpus desk

Index EN-vice-president · vice president · English

vice president · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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.

Key facts for vice president
PropertyValue
Headwordvice president
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “vice president” in English

vice presidentfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vice president is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for vice president, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From vice- + president. The correct English form is vice president, spelled V-I-C-E- -P-R-E-S-I-D-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A deputy to a president, often empowered to assume the position of president on their death or absence.
  2. 2
    An executive in a business in charge of a department or branch.

Etymology

From vice- + president.

Synonyms

VPprovostveepdeputy president

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vice president"?
"vice president" is spelled V-I-C-E- -P-R-E-S-I-D-E-N-T.
What does "vice president" mean?
As a noun, "vice president" means: A deputy to a president, often empowered to assume the position of president on their death or absence.
What is the origin of the word "vice president"?
From vice- + president. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list