village

/ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒ/

//ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒ// noun

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"village" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“village” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,621. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,621
frequency rank, English
969
“V” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.

Corpus desk

Index EN-village · village · English

village · rank #1,621 · 8 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,621
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 969
  • PHOTO-FINISH understanding

Nearest frequency peer: understanding (-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 “village”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “village” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

village vs ville
71% similar
village vs visage
71% similar
village vs vintage
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for village
PropertyValue
Headwordvillage
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,621
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “village”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).villagelands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “understanding” (#1,620), “agent” (#1,622), “target” (#1,619). Among 969 “V” headwords, “village” is #1,621. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around village (IPA /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,621 among 969 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for village, with forms such as "ivllage", "vilage", and "vilalge". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "ville", "visage", "vintage", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English village, from Old French village, from Latin villāticus, ultimately from Latin villa (English villa). Broadly overtook Old English wic, þorp, and ham. The Philippine sense is due to its frequent use in the names of gated communities. The correct English form is village, spelled V-I-L-L-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.
  2. 2
    A rural habitation that has a church, but no market.
  3. 3
    A planned community such as a retirement community or shopping district.
  4. 4
    An exclusive gated community; a subdivision.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how village appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. There are 2 churches and 3 shops in our village.
  2. […]belts of thin white mist streaked the brown plough land in the hollow where Appleby could see the pale shine of a winding river. Across that in turn, meadow and coppice rolled away past the white walls of a village bowered in orchards,[…]

Etymology

From Middle English village, from Old French village, from Latin villāticus, ultimately from Latin villa (English villa). Broadly overtook Old English wic, þorp, and ham. The Philippine sense is due to its frequent use in the names of gated communities.

Synonyms

thorp

This word in other languages

aldea(Español)village(Français)Dorf(Deutsch)aldeia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivllage
  • vilage
  • vilalge
  • villaeg
  • villagge
  • villgae
  • vlilage
  • vvillage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of village - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ivllage2vilage1vilalge2villaeg2villagge1villgae2vlilage2vvillage1
Edit distance from "village"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "village"?
"village" is spelled V-I-L-L-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒ/.
What does "village" mean?
As a noun, "village" means: A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.
What words are commonly confused with "village"?
"village" is commonly confused with "ville", "visage", "vintage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "village"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "village" is /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "village"?
From Middle English village, from Old French village, from Latin villāticus, ultimately from Latin villa (English villa). Broadly overtook Old English wic, þorp, and ham. The Philippine sense is due to its frequent use in the names of gated commun... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "village", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list