vishing
noun
vishing is a noun meaning “A form of phishing using a telephone call to the prospective victim” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-I-S-H-I-N-G, and it appears about once in every 62 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does vishing mean?
noun
- 1
A form of phishing using a telephone call to the prospective victim.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vishing?
Vishing appears about once in every 62 million words in written English, the 246,401st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Vishing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense phone call scam:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vishing |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does vishing come from?
Blend of voice + phishing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).