# Worms

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /vɔːmz/ · frequency rank #9,988

## Definitions
1. An independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

## Etymology
From German Worms, from Old High German Wormazia, Warmazia, etc., from Latin Vormatia, from a Gaulish name attested in Latin as Borbetomagus and Bormitomagus with influence from Latin -ātus (adjective-forming suffix) and -ia (toponym-forming suffix), of uncertain origin but usually conjectured to refer to the Celtic god Borvo or a river, spring, or other waters named for him + Proto-Celtic *magos (“field, plain”). Has no relation to worm.

## Easily confused with
- **worn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worms-vs-worn)
- **wort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worms-vs-wort)
- **worth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worms-vs-worth)
- **worst** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worms-vs-worst)
- **worse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worms-vs-worse)
- **worry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worms-vs-worry)
- **wor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wor-vs-worms)
- **work** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/work-vs-worms)
- **word** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/word-vs-worms)
- **warm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warm-vs-worms)
- **wars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wars-vs-worms)
- **wore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wore-vs-worms)
- **worm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/worm-vs-worms)
- **womb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/womb-vs-worms)
- **woes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woes-vs-worms)
- **world** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/world-vs-worms)
- **works** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/works-vs-worms)
- **words** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/words-vs-worms)
- **woods** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woods-vs-worms)
- **wires** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wires-vs-worms)

## Common misspellings (8)
`owrms`, `womrs`, `wormms`, `wormss`, `worrms`, `worsm`, `wroms`, `wworms`

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