Virgin Mary

name

"virgin-mary" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus.

Key facts for Virgin Mary
PropertyValue
HeadwordVirgin Mary
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Virgin Mary” sits in English frequency

Virgin Mary falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

Virgin Mary is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Virgin Mary, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: From virgin + Mary, from the belief that Mary was still a virgin when she bore Christ. The correct English form is Virgin Mary, spelled V-I-R-G-I-N- -M-A-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus.

Etymology

From virgin + Mary, from the belief that Mary was still a virgin when she bore Christ.

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 Mary"?
"Virgin Mary" is spelled V-I-R-G-I-N- -M-A-R-Y.
What does "Virgin Mary" mean?
As a proper noun, "Virgin Mary" means: Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus.
What is the origin of the word "Virgin Mary"?
From virgin + Mary, from the belief that Mary was still a virgin when she bore Christ. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “Virgin Mary”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is V-I-R-G-I-N- -M-A-R-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list