# avenge

> English word · Verb · IPA /əˈvɛnd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #20,846

## Definitions
1. To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
2. To revenge oneself (on or upon someone).
3. To take vengeance.
4. To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.

## Etymology
From Middle English avengen, borrowed from Old French avengier, from a- (“upon”) + vengier, from Latin vindicō, vindicāre.

## Easily confused with
- **avenue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/avenge-vs-avenue)
- **averse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/avenge-vs-averse)
- **average** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/avenge-vs-average)
- **avenger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/avenge-vs-avenger)
- **avenged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/avenge-vs-avenged)
- **avengers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/avenge-vs-avengers)
- **Ange** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ange-vs-avenge)

## Common misspellings (8)
`aevnge`, `avegne`, `aveneg`, `avengge`, `avennge`, `avnege`, `avvenge`, `vaenge`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/avenge