vegan

[veˈɡaːn]

/[veˈɡaːn]/ adj

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The verdict

“vegan” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #8,000. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,000
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - den Veganismus betreffend

Corpus desk

Index DE-vegan · vegan · German

vegan · rank #8,000 · 7 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,000
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH unternommen

Nearest frequency peer: unternommen (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „vegan“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „vegan“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

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).

vegan vs vera
60% similar
vegan vs voran
60% similar
vegan vs Venen
40% similar

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

Key facts for vegan
PropertyValue
Headwordvegan
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[veˈɡaːn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,000
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „vegan“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.veganliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „unternommen“ (#7,999), „vergangen“ (#8,001), „Toni“ (#7,998). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „vegan“ bei #8,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around vegan (IPA [veˈɡaːn]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,000 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "den Veganismus betreffend".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for vegan, with forms such as "evgan", "veagn", and "vegann". 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, "vera", "voran", "Venen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is vegan, spelled V-E-G-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    den Veganismus betreffend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Der ethische Vegetarier ernährt sich „vegan“.“
  2. „»Kaum noch eine Volxküche kocht mit Aas, immer öfter gibt es auch vegan. Hierarchielosigkeit predigen, aber ein Stück Mord, Ausbeutung und HERRschaft auf dem Teller zu haben, das paßt halt nicht zusammen.«“

Synonyms

veganisch

This word in other languages

vegan(English)vegano(Español)végétalien(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evgan
  • veagn
  • vegann
  • veggan
  • vegna
  • vgean
  • vvegan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

evgan2veagn2vegann1veggan1vegna2vgean2vvegan1
Edit distance from "vegan"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vegan"?
"vegan" is spelled V-E-G-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [veˈɡaːn].
What does "vegan" mean?
As an adjective, "vegan" means: den Veganismus betreffend
What words are commonly confused with "vegan"?
"vegan" is commonly confused with "vera", "voran", "Venen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vegan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vegan" is [veˈɡaːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vegan" come from?
"vegan" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Sünde#7,996Flora#8,052Hofer#7,932Grill#8,071

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Philip7 variantsfällig7 variantsHuber7 variantsLöhne7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list