virgo

noun

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The verdict

“virgo” is uncommon French (frequency #60,469 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,469
frequency rank, French
2,061
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeune fille, vierge, nymphe, vestale.

Corpus desk

Index FR-virgo · virgo · French

virgo · rank #60,469 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,469
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,061
  • PHOTO-FINISH Vilvorde

Nearest frequency peer: Vilvorde (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « virgo »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « virgo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for virgo
PropertyValue
Headwordvirgo
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#60,469
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « virgo » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).virgotombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Vilvorde » (#60,468), « visionnement » (#60,470), « Villacoublay » (#60,467). Parmi 2,061 lemmes en « V », « virgo » est au #60,469. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

virgo is uncommon French at frequency #60,469 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for virgo, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is virgo, spelled V-I-R-G-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Jeune fille, vierge, nymphe, vestale.
  2. 2
    Qualifie plusieurs divinités, Astrée, Thémis, la Vierge Marie, etc.
  3. 3
    Constellation de la Vierge.
  4. 4
    Emploi adjectival : vierge, intact, jeune, neuf.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. virgines sanctae.
  2. virgo bellica.

Synonyms

puella

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 "virgo"?
"virgo" is spelled V-I-R-G-O.
What does "virgo" mean?
As a noun, "virgo" means: Jeune fille, vierge, nymphe, vestale.
What language does "virgo" come from?
"virgo" is a French 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 French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list