victuals
/ˈvɪtəlz/
"victuals" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“victuals” is uncommon English (frequency #95,581 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,581
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of victual
Corpus desk
Index EN-victuals · victuals · English
victuals · rank #95,581 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,581
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH vindaloo
Nearest frequency peer: vindaloo (+3 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 “victuals”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Varuna
Varuna
4,428 corpus weight
- vend
vend
4,425 corpus weight
- victuals
victuals
4,420 corpus weight
- vindaloo
vindaloo
4,417 corpus weight
- vinyasa
vinyasa
4,415 corpus weight
- viscoelastic
viscoelastic
4,414 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “victuals” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | victuals |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈvɪtəlz/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #95,581 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “victuals” in English
Rare enough to double-check
victuals is uncommon English at frequency #95,581 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈvɪtəlz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of victual".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for victuals, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is victuals, spelled V-I-C-T-U-A-L-S.
Definition
- 1plural of victual
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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