vivarium
/vaɪˈvɛɹi.əm/noun
vivarium is spelled V-I-V-A-R-I-U-M: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, vivarium means “A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising living animals” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of vivarium is vivariums or vivaria.
How many letters and syllables are in vivarium?
| Letters | 8: V-I-V-A-R-I-U-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 124,184th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is vivarium?
Vivarium appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th 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).
How do you pronounce vivarium?
- UK /vaɪˈvɛəɹi.əm/
- US /vaɪˈvɛɹi.əm/
- US /vɪˈvɛɹi.əm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Gt59514-vivarium.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Yangolin-vivarium.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with vivarium?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as vivarium from its last stressed vowel (/ɛɹiəm/):
- herbarium
- terrarium
- fusarium
- honorarium
- samarium
- imaginarium
- columbarium
- armamentarium
- oceanarium
- seaquarium
- legendarium
- itinerarium
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of vivarium
- vivariums plural
- vivaria plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does vivarium mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising living animals.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Vivarium in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense artificial environment for animals:
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 vivarium come from?
Borrowed from Latin vīvārium.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).