# vagina

> English word · Noun · IPA /vəˈdʒaɪ.nə/ · frequency rank #9,417

## Definitions
1. A sex organ leading from the vulval vestibule/urogenital sinus to the cervix of the uterus for copulation and birth in female therian mammals.
2. A sex organ leading from the vulval vestibule/urogenital sinus to the cervix of the uterus for copulation and birth in female therian mammals.
3. A sheathlike structure, such as the leaf of a grass that surrounds a stem.
4. The vulva, or collectively, the vulva and the vaginal passage.
5. A coward; a weakling; a pussy.
6. The anus of a trans woman.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wāgīnā
Latin vāgīnalbor.
English vagina
Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna (“a sheath, scabbard; a covering, sheath, holder”).

## Easily confused with
- **vain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vagina-vs-vain)
- **varna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vagina-vs-varna)
- **vaping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vagina-vs-vaping)
- **vaginal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vagina-vs-vaginal)

## Common misspellings (8)
`avgina`, `vaggina`, `vagian`, `vaginna`, `vagnia`, `vaigna`, `vgaina`, `vvagina`

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