virginia
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "virginia", 8-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "virginia" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "virginia" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
Virginia is aEnglishname. It means: A state of the United States. Official name: Commonwealth of Virginia. Capital: Richmond. Pronounced /vəˈd͡ʒɪn.i.ə/. It ranks #2,419 in English word frequency. Often confused with virginity and Virginian.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Virginia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Name |
| IPA | /vəˈd͡ʒɪn.i.ə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #2,419 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Virginia is 8 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /vəˈd͡ʒɪn.i.ə/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,419 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 20 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for Virginia, with forms such as "ivrginia", "vigrinia", and "virgginia". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "virginity", "Virginian", "virgin", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Virginia, feminine form of Virginius or Verginius, a Roman family name, possibly identical with Vergilius. The state/colony was named for Elizabeth I as the Virgin Queen, equivalent to virgin + -ia. Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is Virginia, spelled V-I-R-G-I-N-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1A state of the United States. Official name: Commonwealth of Virginia. Capital: Richmond.
- 2A former colony that was a part of the British Empire.
- 350 Virginia, a main belt asteroid.
- 4A female given name from Latin.
- 5Any of several places, in the United States and elsewhere:
- 6Any of several places, in the United States and elsewhere:
- 7Any of several places, in the United States and elsewhere:
- 8Any of several places, in the United States and elsewhere:
- 9Any of several places, in the United States and elsewhere:
- 10Any of several places, in the United States and elsewhere:
- 11Any of several places, in the United States and elsewhere:
- 12Any of several places, in the United States and elsewhere:
- 13Any of several places, in the United States and elsewhere:
- 14Any of several places, in the United States and elsewhere:
- 15Any of several places, in the United States and elsewhere:
- 16Any of several places, in the United States and elsewhere:
- 17Any of several places, in the United States and elsewhere:
- 18Any of several places, in the United States and elsewhere:
- 19Any of several places, in the United States and elsewhere:
- 20A surname.
Etymology
From Latin Virginia, feminine form of Virginius or Verginius, a Roman family name, possibly identical with Vergilius. The state/colony was named for Elizabeth I as the Virgin Queen, equivalent to virgin + -ia.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ivrginia,vigrinia,virgginia,virgiina,virginai,virginnia,virgniia,virignia,virrginia,vriginia,vvirginia
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Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Virginia
Misspelling Variants of "Virginia"
Frequency rank: #2,419 in English
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