vomitory

noun

"vomitory" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“vomitory” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The entrance into a theater or other large public venue, where masses of people are disgorged into the stands; a vomitorium

Corpus desk

Index EN-vomitory · vomitory · English

vomitory · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "V" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for vomitory
PropertyValue
Headwordvomitory
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “vomitory” in English

vomitoryranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vomitory is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for vomitory in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin vomitōrium, early 17th c. The correct English form is vomitory, spelled V-O-M-I-T-O-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    The entrance into a theater or other large public venue, where masses of people are disgorged into the stands; a vomitorium
  2. 2
    A substance that induces vomiting; an emetic

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how vomitory appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. This city, as you know, is built deep beneath the surface of the earth, with only the vomitories protruding.

Etymology

From Latin vomitōrium, early 17th c.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vomitory"?
"vomitory" is spelled V-O-M-I-T-O-R-Y.
What does "vomitory" mean?
As a noun, "vomitory" means: The entrance into a theater or other large public venue, where masses of people are disgorged into the stands; a vomitorium
What is the origin of the word "vomitory"?
From Latin vomitōrium, early 17th c. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list