# villa

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈvɪlə/ · frequency rank #5,174

## Definitions
1. A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat.
2. A family house, often semi-detached in Victorian or Edwardian style, in a middle class street.
3. One’s village or ancestral homeland.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Italian villa, from Latin vīlla (“country house”). Doublet of vill and ville.

## Easily confused with
- **visa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/villa-vs-visa)
- **vita** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/villa-vs-vita)
- **viva** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/villa-vs-viva)
- **vista** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/villa-vs-vista)
- **viola** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/villa-vs-viola)
- **ville** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/villa-vs-ville)
- **volta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/villa-vs-volta)
- **Volga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/villa-vs-volga)
- **vulva** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/villa-vs-vulva)
- **village** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/villa-vs-village)
- **villain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/villa-vs-villain)
- **via** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/via-vs-villa)
- **vile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vile-vs-villa)
- **vial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vial-vs-villa)
- **vila** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vila-vs-villa)
- **vela** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vela-vs-villa)
- **Valle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/valle-vs-villa)
- **vidya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vidya-vs-villa)
- **Velma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/velma-vs-villa)
- **vanilla** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vanilla-vs-villa)

## Common misspellings (4)
`ivlla`, `vilal`, `vlila`, `vvilla`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/villa