Virgil

name

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The verdict

“Virgil” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,779. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,779
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-virgil · Virgil · French

Virgil · rank #31,779 · 9 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,779
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH versez

Nearest frequency peer: versez (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Virgil »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Virgil » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

Virgil vs viril
67% similar
Virgil vs virgin
67% similar
Virgil vs virile
50% similar

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

Key facts for Virgil
PropertyValue
HeadwordVirgil
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#31,779
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Virgil »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Virgilse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « versez » (#31,778), « Vivien » (#31,780), « verrerie » (#31,777). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « Virgil » est au #31,779. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Virgil, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #31,779 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Virgil, with forms such as "ivrgil", "vigril", and "virggil". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "viril", "virgin", "virile", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Virgil, spelled V-I-R-G-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’artiste Pharrell Williams, 49 ans, a été nommé, mardi, pour succéder à Virgil Abloh, décédé en novembre 2021, comme directeur artistique des collections homme de Louis Vuitton.
  2. Exit Virgil Hunter, place à Don Charles.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivrgil
  • vigril
  • virggil
  • virgill
  • virgli
  • virigl
  • virrgil
  • vrigil
  • vvirgil

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Virgil - 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.

ivrgil2vigril2virggil1virgill1virgli2virigl2virrgil1vrigil2
Edit distance from "Virgil"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Virgil"?
"Virgil" is spelled V-I-R-G-I-L.
What does "Virgil" mean?
As a proper noun, "Virgil" means: Prénom masculin.
What words are commonly confused with "Virgil"?
"Virgil" is commonly confused with "viril", "virgin", "virile". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Virgil" come from?
"Virgil" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

versez#31,778Vivien#31,780Vernet#31,776upload#31,772

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

verrerie9 variantsTurpin9 variantsTsahal9 variantsTonkin9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list