vegan

/[veˈɡaːn]/ adj

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,000

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

vegan is anGermanadj. It means: den Veganismus betreffend Pronounced [veˈɡaːn]. It ranks #8,000 in German word frequency. Often confused with vera and voran.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of vegan in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for vegan is 5 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [veˈɡaːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,000 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "den Veganismus betreffend".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for vegan, with forms such as "evgan", "veagn", and "vegann". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is vegan, spelled V-E-G-A-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    den Veganismus betreffend

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evgan,veagn,vegann,veggan,vegna,vgean,vvegan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for vegan

Misspelling Variants of "vegan"

evgan5veagn5vegann6veggan6vegna5vgean5vvegan6
Misspelling Variants of "vegan"

Frequency rank: #8,000 in German

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 adj, "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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.