Vitus

name

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"vitus" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Vitus” is uncommon English (frequency #72,880 among 969 “V” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,880
frequency rank, English
969
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Latin.

Corpus desk

Index EN-vitus · Vitus · English

Vitus · rank #72,880 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,880
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 969
  • PHOTO-FINISH viscerally

Nearest frequency peer: viscerally (-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 “Vitus”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Vitus” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Vitus
PropertyValue
HeadwordVitus
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#72,880
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Vitus” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Vitusfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “viscerally” (#72,879), “Villar” (#72,878), “vibrio” (#72,877). Among 969 “V” headwords, “Vitus” is #72,880. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Vitus is uncommon English at frequency #72,880 among 969 “V” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Vitus in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: Name of an early martyr, Late Latin Vitus, perhaps from a Thracian word meaning "a person from Bithynia". Also associated with Latin vita (“life”). Vitus has also been used as a Latinization of Guy. The correct English form is Vitus, spelled V-I-T-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    A male given name from Latin.
  2. 2
    A lake in Alaska.

Etymology

Name of an early martyr, Late Latin Vitus, perhaps from a Thracian word meaning "a person from Bithynia". Also associated with Latin vita (“life”). Vitus has also been used as a Latinization of Guy.

This word in other languages

Vito(Español)Vital(Français)Veit(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Vitus"?
"Vitus" is spelled V-I-T-U-S.
What does "Vitus" mean?
As a proper noun, "Vitus" means: A male given name from Latin.
What is the origin of the word "Vitus"?
Name of an early martyr, Late Latin Vitus, perhaps from a Thracian word meaning "a person from Bithynia". Also associated with Latin vita (“life”). Vitus has also been used as a Latinization of Guy. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Vitus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Vater#72,873varia#72,872Uluru#72,852Zarif#72,909

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list