virgin forest

noun

"virgin-forest" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“virgin forest” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A forest which has not been subjected to human ecological disturbance.

Corpus desk

Index EN-virgin-forest · virgin forest · English

virgin forest · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "V" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for virgin forest
PropertyValue
Headwordvirgin forest
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “virgin forest” in English

virgin forestranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

virgin forest is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A forest which has not been subjected to human ecological disturbance.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for virgin forest, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is virgin forest, spelled V-I-R-G-I-N- -F-O-R-E-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A forest which has not been subjected to human ecological disturbance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. These developments, most of which have taken place during the past 30 years, are remarkable in view of the low traffic density, except in the neighbourhood of Oslo, and the very extensive undeveloped areas of mountain and virgin forest.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "virgin forest"?
"virgin forest" is spelled V-I-R-G-I-N- -F-O-R-E-S-T.
What does "virgin forest" mean?
As a noun, "virgin forest" means: A forest which has not been subjected to human ecological disturbance.
What language does "virgin forest" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list