vindictive
/vɪnˈdɪk.tɪv/
"vindictive" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vindictive” has 15 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,882. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,882
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having a tendency to seek revenge when wronged, vengeful.
Corpus desk
Index EN-vindictive · vindictive · English
vindictive · rank #29,882 · 15 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,882
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH Vimeo
Nearest frequency peer: Vimeo (-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 “vindictive”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Vikram
Vikram
70,121 corpus weight
- Vimeo
Vimeo
70,120 corpus weight
- vindictive
vindictive
70,119 corpus weight
- vinny
vinny
70,118 corpus weight
- visor
visor
70,117 corpus weight
- volta
volta
70,116 corpus weight
What this shows “vindictive” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vindictive |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /vɪnˈdɪk.tɪv/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #29,882 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “vindictive”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around vindictive (IPA /vɪnˈdɪk.tɪv/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,882 among 969 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for vindictive, with forms such as "ivndictive", "vidnictive", and "vindcitive". 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 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 Latin vindicta (“vengeance”) + -ive. Contrast Latin vindicātīvus. The correct English form is vindictive, spelled V-I-N-D-I-C-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Having a tendency to seek revenge when wronged, vengeful.
- 2Punitive.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vindictive appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Lord Avonleigh was an angry rather than a vindictive man. Vindictiveness requires more energy of character than he possessed. Indeed, it may be questioned whether he would of himself have taken the violent measures of the preceding evening.
The vindictive mockery in her voice made his brain quiver.
Etymology
From Latin vindicta (“vengeance”) + -ive. Contrast Latin vindicātīvus.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ivndictive
- vidnictive
- vindcitive
- vinddictive
- vindicctive
- vindicitve
- vindictiev
- vindictivve
- vindicttive
- vindictvie
- vinditcive
- vinidctive
- vinndictive
- vnidictive
- vvindictive
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vindictive - 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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