virgen

Name: virgen, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈbiɾxẽn]

/[ˈbiɾxẽn]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“virgen” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,323. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,323
frequency rank, Spanish: 1,793
“V” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona que no ha tenido relaciones sexuales, o animal que no se ha apareado

Corpus desk

Index ES-virgen · virgen · Spanish

virgen · rank #2,323 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #2,323
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 1,793
PHOTO-FINISH vestido

Nearest frequency peer: vestido (-1 rank slots)

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.

significado

97,681
tomo

97,680
vestido

97,679
virgen

97,678
vosotros

97,677
actuación

97,676

What this shows “virgen” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

virgen vs viven

67% similar

virgen vs virgo

67% similar

virgen vs virrey

67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for virgen
Property	Value
Headword	virgen
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈbiɾxẽn]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#2,323
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	11
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “virgen”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).virgencae aquí:

#2,323

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “vestido” (#2,322), “vosotros” (#2,324), “tomo” (#2,321). Entre 1,793 lemas con “V”, “virgen” va en #2,323. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around virgen (IPA [ˈbiɾxẽn]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,323 among 1,793 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for virgen, with forms such as "birgen", "ivrgen", and "vigren". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "viven", "virgo", "virrey", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is virgen, spelled V-I-R-G-E-N.

Definition

1
Persona que no ha tenido relaciones sexuales, o animal que no se ha apareado
2
En particular, que ha hecho voto religioso de mantener su condición de virgen₁.
3
Dicho de un objeto natural, inalterado por la acción humana.
4
Dicho de la tierra, en particular, que no ha sido arada ni cultivada.
5
Dicho del aceite o la miel, obtenido mecánicamente y sin refinar.

Synonyms

doncel doncella intacto

This word in other languages

virgin(English)vierge(Français)jungfräulich(Deutsch)virgem(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

birgen
ivrgen
vigren
viregn
virgenn
virggen
virgne
virrgen
vrigen
vvirgen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of virgen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "virgen"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "virgen"?

"virgen" is spelled V-I-R-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbiɾxẽn].

What does "virgen" mean?

As an adjective, "virgen" means: Persona que no ha tenido relaciones sexuales, o animal que no se ha apareado

What words are commonly confused with "virgen"?

"virgen" is commonly confused with "viven", "virgo", "virrey". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "virgen"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "virgen" is [ˈbiɾxẽn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "virgen" come from?

"virgen" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "virgen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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