vitrified
"vitrified" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vitrified” is uncommon English (frequency #84,887 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,887
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Converted into glass.
Corpus desk
Index EN-vitrified · vitrified · English
vitrified · rank #84,887 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,887
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH Viswanathan
Nearest frequency peer: Viswanathan (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “vitrified”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Viswanathan
Viswanathan
15,115 corpus weight
- vitrified
vitrified
15,114 corpus weight
- voraciously
voraciously
15,112 corpus weight
- wainscoting
wainscoting
15,110 corpus weight
- walkies
walkies
15,109 corpus weight
- wampum
wampum
15,108 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “vitrified” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vitrified |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #84,887 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “vitrified” in English
Rare enough to double-check
vitrified is uncommon English at frequency #84,887 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Converted into glass.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for vitrified in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is vitrified, spelled V-I-T-R-I-F-I-E-D.
Definition
- 1Converted into glass.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vitrified appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Five bus-loads of boys and girls, singing or in a silent embracement, rolled past them over the vitrified highway.
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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