vireo
/ˈvi.ɹi.oʊ/
"vireo" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vireo” is uncommon English (frequency #96,642 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,642
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of a number of small insectivorous passerine birds, of the genus Vireo, that have grey-green plumage.
Corpus desk
Index EN-vireo · vireo · English
vireo · rank #96,642 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,642
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH vint
Nearest frequency peer: vint (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “vireo”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- venu
venu
3,365 corpus weight
- Veron
Veron
3,363 corpus weight
- vinaya
vinaya
3,361 corpus weight
- vint
vint
3,360 corpus weight
- vireo
vireo
3,359 corpus weight
- VLT
VLT
3,358 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “vireo” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vireo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈvi.ɹi.oʊ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #96,642 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “vireo” in English
Rare enough to double-check
vireo is uncommon English at frequency #96,642 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈvi.ɹi.oʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vireo, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From translingual Vireo (genus name), from Latin vireō (“I am green”). The correct English form is vireo, spelled V-I-R-E-O.
Definition
- 1Any of a number of small insectivorous passerine birds, of the genus Vireo, that have grey-green plumage.
- 2Any bird of the family Vireonidae, which includes vireos, shrike-vireos, greenlets, and peppershrikes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vireo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The voices of male vireos are a constant in the spring woodland, providing background music to the longer, prettier songs of tanagers and thrushes. Vireos tend to sing in bursts interrupted by short or long pauses.
Uniquely American, the vireos are a group of some 46 foliage-gleaning forest birds with uncertain family connections. Vireo species are about equally divided between North and South America, with one, the Black-whiskered Vireo, largely restricted to the West Indies. Several vireos make long migratory journeys; all are nocturnal migrants.
Etymology
From translingual Vireo (genus name), from Latin vireō (“I am green”).
This word in other languages
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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