vom
/vɒm/
"vom" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vom” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #40,961) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #40,961
- frequency rank, English
- 969
- “V” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vomit.
Corpus desk
Index EN-vom · vom · English
vom · rank #40,961 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,961
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 969
- PHOTO-FINISH volumetric
Nearest frequency peer: volumetric (-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.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “vom”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- voided
voided
59,042 corpus weight
- volumetric
volumetric
59,041 corpus weight
- vom
vom
59,040 corpus weight
- vroom
vroom
59,039 corpus weight
- wagers
wagers
59,038 corpus weight
- WaPo
WaPo
59,036 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “vom” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vom |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /vɒm/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #40,961 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “vom”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for vom is neighbouring look-alikes ("VR", "VP", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /vɒm/. Frequency #40,961 among 969 “V” headwords. Gloss: "Vomit.".
vom doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "VR", "VP", "VW", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Clipping of vomit. The correct English form is vom, spelled V-O-M.
Definition
- 1Vomit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vom appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“Okay, boss. Boss. You're short-circuiting. We wrote great jokes. Stay the course.” “Absolutely. Yeah, you're right. Um... yeah. I'm gonna make a pit stop at the bathroom for a quick vom. And then, yeah, I'll be right back.” “That's my girl!”
Etymology
Clipping of vomit.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).