# vulva

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈvʌlvə/ · frequency rank #40,078

## Definitions
1. The external female genitalia of humans and other placental mammals, which includes the clitoris, labia, and vulval vestibule/vulvar opening.
2. A protrusion on the side of a nematode.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin vulva, earlier volva (“womb, female sexual organ”), probably from volvō (“to turn, wrap around”). Akin to Sanskrit उल्ब॑ (úlba) and उल्व॑ (úlva, “womb”) or English valve, valva and other descendants of the Latin term (evolve, involve, revolve).

## Easily confused with
- **viva** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/viva-vs-vulva)
- **vila** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vila-vs-vulva)
- **vela** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vela-vs-vulva)
- **villa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/villa-vs-vulva)
- **valve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/valve-vs-vulva)
- **Volvo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/volvo-vs-vulva)
- **volta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/volta-vs-vulva)
- **Volga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/volga-vs-vulva)
- **Velma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/velma-vs-vulva)
- **vulgar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vulgar-vs-vulva)
- **Vulcan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vulcan-vs-vulva)

## Common misspellings (7)
`uvlva`, `vluva`, `vulav`, `vullva`, `vulvva`, `vuvla`, `vvulva`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/vulva