vicinity
/vəˈsɪnəti/
"vicinity" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vicinity” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,689. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,689
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Proximity; the state of being near.
Corpus desk
Index EN-vicinity · vicinity · English
vicinity · rank #9,689 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #9,689
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH vent
Nearest frequency peer: vent (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “vicinity”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- USSR
USSR
90,315 corpus weight
- vacant
vacant
90,314 corpus weight
- vent
vent
90,313 corpus weight
- vicinity
vicinity
90,312 corpus weight
- wan
wan
90,311 corpus weight
- wandering
wandering
90,310 corpus weight
What this shows “vicinity” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vicinity |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /vəˈsɪnəti/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,689 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “vicinity”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around vicinity (IPA /vəˈsɪnəti/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,689 among 969 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for vicinity, with forms such as "ivcinity", "vciinity", and "viccinity". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "virginity", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From vicine + -ity, from Latin vīcīnitās (“neighborhood”) (compare French vicinité), from vīcīnus (“neighbor”) (compare French voisin), from vīcus (“village”). The correct English form is vicinity, spelled V-I-C-I-N-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Proximity; the state of being near.
- 2Neighbourhood; nearby region; surrounding area.
- 3Approximate size or amount.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vicinity appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There was a crackling sound in the vicinity of my right ear.
The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition.
Etymology
From vicine + -ity, from Latin vīcīnitās (“neighborhood”) (compare French vicinité), from vīcīnus (“neighbor”) (compare French voisin), from vīcus (“village”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ivcinity
- vciinity
- viccinity
- viciinty
- vicinitty
- vicinityy
- viciniyt
- vicinnity
- vicintiy
- vicniity
- viicnity
- vvicinity
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vicinity - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vicinity", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).