vulgo
"vulgo" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“vulgo” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In the vernacular; commonly known as.
Corpus desk
Index EN-vulgo · vulgo · English
vulgo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vulgo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “vulgo” in English
Rare enough to double-check
vulgo is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In the vernacular; commonly known as.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for vulgo, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin vulgo. The correct English form is vulgo, spelled V-U-L-G-O.
Definition
- 1In the vernacular; commonly known as.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vulgo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
PERICLYMENUM; […] Trumpet Honeyſuckle; vulgô.
[Pope's Hole] derives its name from its being a place of shelter to some puffins, vulgo "popes".
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vulgo.
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.