virgin
/ˈvɜːd͡ʒɪn/
"virgin" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“virgin” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #3,992 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,992
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or (uncommonly) an animal that has never mated.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | virgin |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈvɜːd͡ʒɪn/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #3,992 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “virgin” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for virgin is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈvɜːd͡ʒɪn/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,992 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for virgin, with forms such as "ivrgin", "vigrin", and "virggin". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Virgo", "Virginia", "vigil", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English virgine, from Old French virgine, from Latin virginem, accusative of virgō. Doublet of Virgo. Displaced native Old English fǣmne. The correct English form is virgin, spelled V-I-R-G-I-N.
Definition
- 1A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or (uncommonly) an animal that has never mated.
- 2A person who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all.
- 3Someone vowed to virginity (usually a woman and often a consecrated virgin), or someone who died in defense of their virginity; (especially) one venerated as a saint.
- 4One who has never used or experienced a specified thing.
- 5Any of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
- 6A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.
- 7An unironic fan of virgincore bands, e.g., Car Seat Headrest, Radiohead, and Weezer.
- 8A player of certain video games that are popularly believed to be hotbeds of virginity, e.g., League of Legends, Paradox Interactive grand strategy games, and World of Warcraft.
- 9A Redditor, particularly one who is a moderator.
- 10A person who wears certain items of clothing that are popularly considered to be dorky, e.g., Crocs and fedoras.
Etymology
From Middle English virgine, from Old French virgine, from Latin virginem, accusative of virgō. Doublet of Virgo. Displaced native Old English fǣmne.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ivrgin,vigrin,virggin,virginn,virgni,virign,virrgin,vrigin,vvirgin
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of virgin - 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.
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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Using “virgin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is V-I-R-G-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈvɜːd͡ʒɪn/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Virgo” - see the side-by-side comparison. virgin vs Virgo
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.